Roswell Fire Damage Restoration

After the fire trucks leave a Roswell home, what remains is a structure that is wet from suppression water, coated in acidic soot and saturated with smoke odor, often with openings to the weather. Water Restoration connects you with local fire damage restoration crews that secure the property, remove the water, clean the soot, eliminate the odor and rebuild.

Roswell is a mid-sized city in Georgia, home to roughly 92,200 residents, with a mix of established neighborhoods, newer subdivisions, apartment communities and commercial corridors. Late summer and fall bring wildfire smoke and structure fire risk, while kitchen fires remain the leading cause year-round.

Types of fire losses in Roswell, GA

Roswell shares the weather and building patterns of the rest of the state. Georgia's humid subtropical climate, heavy rain events and occasional tropical systems moving inland keep crawlspaces and basements damp, and the state's spring severe-weather season produces wind and hail damage. Clay soils that swell and shrink also stress foundations and buried plumbing. Problems tend to peak during spring storm season and late summer, but plumbing failures and appliance leaks happen in every month of the year.

• Garage, workshop and vehicle fires
• Electrical fires when power is restored to water-damaged wiring after a storm
• Candle and holiday decoration fires
• Lightning strikes and downed power lines during severe storms
• Wildfire smoke, ash and soot infiltration, and structure fires at the wildland edge
• Clothes dryer lint fires
• Lightning-caused attic and roof fires
• Electrical shorts in humid attics and crawlspaces

Why fire damage gets worse by the day

Three forms of damage continue after the flames are out. Soot residue corrodes and stains surfaces progressively. Odor molecules migrate deeper into porous materials. And suppression water, often hundreds of gallons, swells, delaminates and eventually grows mold in everything it touched. Early stabilization changes what can be saved.

That is why restoration companies in Roswell aim to be on site within a day or two of the fire even when reconstruction will take months. Board-up protects the property; extraction and drying stop the water damage; and the first cleaning pass removes the most corrosive residue.

Our fire damage restoration process in Roswell

1. Dispatch and assessment. A local crew confirms the property is safe to enter and plans the stabilization.
2. Board-up, tarping and security. Windows, doors and roof openings are sealed against weather, animals and intruders.
3. Suppression water cleanup. Extraction and drying equipment address the water left by firefighting.
4. Structural cleaning. Walls, ceilings, cabinets, fixtures and the HVAC system are cleaned using methods chosen for wet, dry or protein smoke.
5. Contents processing. Furniture, clothing, electronics and documents are inventoried, cleaned where possible and stored until the home is ready.
6. Odor removal with thermal fogging, hydroxyl or ozone and sealing of structural surfaces, followed by full reconstruction.

What can be saved after a fire in Roswell

More than most people expect. Glass, ceramics, metal and sealed wood clean well. Many textiles are restorable with specialty laundering and ozone. Electronics that were not exposed to heat can often be cleaned and tested, and documents and photos can be freeze-dried. Items generally not salvageable include food and medicine exposed to heat or smoke, melted plastics, mattresses, particleboard furniture and heavily sooted drywall and insulation.

Cost and insurance considerations

The cost of fire damage restoration depends on the size of the fire, the type of smoke residue, how far it traveled through the building and how much of the structure and contents can be cleaned rather than replaced.

Fire and smoke are covered perils in essentially every homeowners and commercial property policy, and most policies include additional living expenses if the property cannot be occupied during repairs.

The restoration companies we connect you with in Roswell handle claims every day and can explain what is likely to be covered before work begins.

Service area: Roswell and Fulton County

We route calls from ZIP codes 30075, 30076 and 30077 to restoration companies that work Roswell and Fulton County every week.

The same crews also serve nearby communities including Alpharetta (5 mi), Peachtree Corners (9 mi), Marietta (12 mi), Woodstock (12 mi), Holly Springs (13 mi), North Metro (13 mi), Duluth (14 mi), Clarkdale (14 mi), Tucker (14 mi) and Atlanta (15 mi). If you are just outside Roswell, call anyway; coverage areas overlap.

Why Roswell property owners call Water Restoration

• You are connected with a restoration company that actually serves Roswell, not a national call center that will call you back tomorrow
• A live person answers around the clock, because water and fire do not keep business hours
• One number covers water, fire, smoke, mold, sewage and biohazard emergencies
• You can ask about licensing, insurance and IICRC certification before any work begins, and you should
• The companies we work with deal with insurance adjusters daily and can bill covered mitigation directly to your carrier