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The scope we write is the scope we bill. Anything new gets shown to you, in writing, before we touch it.
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A house fire in Houston rips through more than drywall and framing. It leaves soot pressed into every porous surface, smoke odor buried in insulation and ductwork, and water from the fire department’s hoses pooling under your flooring. Our Fire Damage Restoration in Houston typically costs between $3,500 and $25,000 depending on square footage, burn severity, and smoke travel, and the first 48 hours determine how much of your home can actually be saved. Keegan Restoration Houston answers the phone with a live person 24 hours a day, including nights and weekends, and our background-checked, uniformed technicians arrive ready to assess, document, and secure the site. Call (325) 550-1783 the moment the fire marshal clears you to re-enter.
We have been part of the Garrison Partners family since 2005, and every fire job we run in Houston operates under The Garrison Standard: a written price before any work starts, professional-grade equipment operated to IICRC, RIA, and IFA standards, and a 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing on every repair. Shane Pruitt leads our Houston team with one rule that never bends: if it is not done right, we return and make it right at no charge for a full year. That is not marketing language. That is the guarantee attached to every scope of work we hand a homeowner before a single tool comes off the truck.
Fire Damage Restoration Company
Fire Damage Restoration Company work is what you need when a structure fire, kitchen grease fire, or electrical panel fire leaves charring, soot, or smoke residue anywhere in the home, and Keegan Restoration Houston handles the full scope: board-up, debris removal, structural assessment, soot and odor mitigation, and full reconstruction to pre-loss condition. Because soot becomes more acidic and more deeply bonded to surfaces with every passing hour, we treat the first call as an emergency, dispatch a crew from our Houston location the same day, and put the price in writing before any work begins. In Houston, the fire damage restoration company you hire should be one that documents every square foot of the scope of loss so your insurance claim has what it needs the first time.
Structural Assessment and Board-Up
Once the fire is out, the structure tells you what it can and cannot hold. We walk every framing member, check truss integrity, and identify load-bearing sections that need temporary shoring before anyone works beneath them. Board-up and roof tarping happen the same day, because an open home in Houston means rain, pests, and trespassers inside your loss.
Contents Inventory and Claims Support
Fire claims live or die on documentation, and we document everything: photos, moisture readings, thermal scans, line-item inventory of damaged contents, and a full written scope of loss formatted for adjuster review. You are not left to argue with your carrier alone. The file we build supports your claim from the first visit.
Restoration work we handle
Smoke Damage Restoration
Smoke Damage Restoration addresses the residue and odor that smoke leaves behind even in rooms the fire never touched, because smoke travels through wall cavities, ductwork, and plumbing chases and coats surfaces in a film that corrodes metal and stains paint within days. Keegan Restoration Houston treats smoke-damaged interiors with the same discipline as burned framing: we assess the full travel path, clean every exposed surface with industry-standard agents, and use professional-grade air scrubbers and desiccant drying to pull odor and moisture from the air. In Houston, where summer humidity forces homes to run AC constantly, smoke particles get pulled through the HVAC system and distributed through every room, which is why duct inspection is part of every smoke damage scope we write.
HVAC and Duct Cleaning After Smoke
If smoke entered the return air, it is now in your ducts, your coil, and your blower housing. We inspect the full HVAC path, clean what can be cleaned, and document what needs replacement, because a filter change will not remove smoke residue from duct interiors. This is one of the most commonly missed items in smoke claims, and one of the most common reasons odor returns months later.
Wall Cavity and Insulation Deodorization
Smoke works its way into fiberglass and cellulose insulation and stays there, releasing odor every time Houston heat drives the attic temperature up. We remove contaminated insulation where the smoke path shows it reached, and we treat framing and cavity surfaces before new insulation goes in. You cannot paint over this problem and call it finished.
Fire Damage Repair
Fire Damage Repair is the structural and finishing work that returns a burned home to safe, functional, pre-loss condition, and it ranges from replacing a scorched section of framing to full rebuilds of kitchens, attics, and exterior walls. Keegan Restoration Houston runs every repair job to The Garrison Standard: a written scope with a price that does not move, materials specified in writing, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise attached to the finished work. Fire repair in Houston typically runs from $4,000 for contained kitchen fires to $40,000 or more for multi-room structural rebuilds, and the final number depends on whether framing, electrical, or roofing components were compromised.
Framing, Drywall, and Insulation Replacement
Charred lumber cannot be painted over and trusted. We remove material until we reach sound structure, then rebuild to current Houston code, which means proper fire-blocking, correct insulation R-values, and drywall hung and finished to a standard that does not telegraph the repair. Every replaced section is photographed before it is closed in.
Electrical and Plumbing Repairs After Fire
Heat damages wiring insulation even where no flame touched, and fire department water finds its way into electrical boxes and plumbing fittings. We coordinate licensed electrical and plumbing trades where the scope requires, and we document the condition of every system before reconstruction starts so the claim file reflects what the fire actually did. You do not pay for guesswork or for work the fire did not require.
Fire Damage Cleanup
Fire Damage Cleanup is the heavy removal work that happens before restoration can begin: hauling burned debris, extracting standing water from fire suppression, removing charred drywall and flooring, and cleaning every surface the smoke reached. The first 24 to 48 hours matter most, because water from the fire department keeps wicking upward through drywall and saturating subflooring while soot keeps bonding to whatever it touched. Keegan Restoration Houston brings professional-grade extraction equipment from XPOWER and B-Air, runs desiccant drying systems where the water load demands it, and documents every step of the cleanup in a format built for your adjuster.
Debris Removal and Waste Handling
Burned material is not regular trash. We separate charred lumber, melted synthetics, and water-logged drywall, bag and stage everything for proper disposal, and keep a running manifest of what came out of the house. That manifest goes into your claim file, because your carrier will ask what was removed and why.
Water Extraction and Drying After Suppression
Fire department water is measured in hundreds of gallons, not the few your washing machine leaks. We extract standing water, pull saturated carpet and pad, and set drying equipment to run until moisture readings confirm the structure is back to baseline. A fire-damaged house left wet becomes a mold-damaged house within days in Houston’s climate.
Smoke Odor Removal
Smoke Odor Removal is the systematic elimination of the smell that survives a fire, and it only works when you treat the source, not the symptom. Ozoning a room without cleaning the soot off the walls and pulling the contaminated insulation does nothing but mask the problem for a few weeks. Keegan Restoration Houston combines surface cleaning, thermal fogging, hydroxyl generation, and targeted removal of saturated materials to remove the odor at its source, and we document the process so your adjuster can see exactly what was done and why it was necessary.
Thermal Fogging and Hydroxyl Treatment
Thermal fogging pushes a deodorizing vapor into the same places smoke traveled: wall cavities, behind cabinets, inside closet framing. Then hydroxyl generators scrub the air itself, breaking down odor molecules rather than covering them. This combination is what separates professional smoke odor removal from a landlord-grade paint-and-pray.
Sealing and Source Removal
Some materials cannot be deodorized. Charred studs, saturated insulation, and burned duct interiors get removed and replaced. Other surfaces get cleaned, dried, and sealed so any residual odor stays locked in the substrate instead of off-gassing into your living space. The goal is not a house that smells better this week. It is a house that does not smell like smoke next summer.
Fire and Water Damage Restoration
Fire and Water Damage Restoration is the combined scope that every real house fire produces, because the water that puts out the fire is itself a destructive force, saturating drywall, flooring, insulation, and electrical components even in rooms the flames never reached. Treating the fire damage while ignoring the water load is how homeowners end up with mold blooms inside walls six weeks after the claim closes. Keegan Restoration Houston runs both problems as one scope of loss: fire damage is documented and mitigated while extraction and drying equipment from Dri-Eaz, Phoenix, XPOWER, and B-Air handles the water, all under a single written price and a single 365-Day Done Right Promise.
Combined Scope of Loss Documentation
Your insurance carrier sees fire and water as separate line items, and the adjuster needs to see both, documented independently, with moisture readings and photo evidence attached. We build the file that way: fire damage on one set of pages, water damage on another, all tied to the same incident date and the same structure. Adjusters process clean files faster, and faster files mean faster approvals and faster rebuilds.
Drying After Suppression: The Overlooked Half
Fire crews use a lot of water, and Houston’s clay-heavy soils hold that water against your slab and foundation walls longer than you would expect. We run psychrometric readings to track humidity and moisture content throughout the drying process, and we adjust the equipment plan daily until the structure hits baseline. Half a fire restoration is a drying job done right.
Soot Removal
Soot Removal is the delicate first step of any fire restoration, because soot is not just black dust to be wiped away, it is an acidic, oily residue that etches glass, corrodes metal, and stains paint and fabric permanently if it is handled wrong. Water and dish soap push soot deeper into porous surfaces and set the stain. Keegan Restoration Houston uses dry-removal techniques, chemical sponges, and HEPA vacuuming in sequence to lift soot without grinding it into the substrate, and we treat every surface differently: glass, painted drywall, raw wood, metal fixtures, and upholstery each get their own method.
Pressurized Soot on Painted Surfaces
High-heat fires press soot into the paint itself, and no amount of wiping will remove it. Those surfaces get cleaned to remove the surface film, then sealed with a stain-blocking primer before repainting. If you skip the seal coat, the stain bleeds through the new paint within weeks, and the customer calls us back to do it twice.
Soot on Metal, Glass, and Finished Surfaces
Soot on metal fixtures begins corroding within 48 hours, especially in Houston’s humid air. We remove it quickly, using pH-neutral cleaners on sensitive finishes and documenting any etching that was already present before we arrived. What the fire did versus what we did is always clear in the file.
Brands We Service
Keegan Restoration Houston runs drying and extraction equipment from Dri-Eaz, Phoenix, XPOWER, B-Air, and Injectidry, the professional-grade brands specified in IICRC-standard restoration work. We maintain a full equipment rotation across all of these platforms, and our technicians train on the same machines they deploy in your home. You do not get a crew learning on the job with rental equipment. You get the equipment that restoration pros actually run, operated by people who know the settings, the airflow requirements, and when a job needs desiccant drying instead of conventional refrigerant dehumidification.
We stock OEM filters, hoses, and accessory parts for every brand we run, which means an equipment failure on a Houston job does not stall your drying plan while someone waits on a shipment. Whether the equipment in your home is Dri-Eaz or Phoenix or any other make, we service and operate it to the same standard. The brand matters less than the person running it and the documentation behind the readings.
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AfterSigns You Need a Pro Right Now
- You smell smoke in rooms the fire never touched. Smoke travels through wall cavities, duct runs, and attic spaces far beyond the burn site. If you smell it in a bedroom on the other side of the house, the smoke is in the structure, and it will keep off-gassing until the source is treated or removed. The fix gets more expensive the longer it sits.
- Your ceiling or walls feel damp or look water-stained away from the burn area. Fire department water runs down inside walls and across ceiling cavities before it shows up as a stain. That water is saturating insulation and drywall while you decide whether to call. In Houston’s climate, mold can begin in 48 to 72 hours on wet gypsum, and then you have a fire claim plus a mold claim.
- Paint is blistering or bubbling near the burned area. Heat travels faster than flame, and bubbling paint on walls or ceilings near the fire means the substrate got hot enough to compromise. A fresh coat of paint hides it for a few weeks. The blistering means the drywall or plaster behind it may need to come out. Do not let someone paint over this during a fire claim.
- Soot is visible on metal fixtures, light switches, or appliance interiors. Soot is acidic and reactive. In Houston’s humidity, soot on metal begins corroding quickly, and soot inside appliances means heat and smoke entered places that need professional cleaning or replacement. Wiping it with household cleaner can set the stain permanently.
- Your HVAC system runs but the air smells burnt or tastes wrong. Smoke drew into the return air and traveled through your entire duct system, your coil, and your blower. Running the AC just recirculates soot particles through every room. Duct cleaning and system inspection are part of the scope, and ignoring this is the single most common reason smoke odor returns after a fire claim closes.
Our Process, Step by Step
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Initial assessment and written scope of loss. We walk the entire structure, not just the burned room, mapping every affected area with photos, moisture readings, and thermal imaging where heat or water damage is suspected. You get a written scope and a written price before any work starts, so there is no moving number at the door. Shane Pruitt reviews every fire scope before it goes to the homeowner.
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Board-up, tarping, and security. Open walls, missing windows, and roof penetrations are secured the same day. The faster the structure is closed, the less secondary damage from Houston rain, pests, and trespassing you inherit on top of the fire. We document the security work in the claim file as a line item, because your carrier covers it.
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Water extraction and drying. Fire suppression water gets extracted first, then we set the drying plan based on psychrometric readings and the material that got wet. We run Dri-Eaz, Phoenix, XPOWER, and B-Air equipment until moisture content readings confirm the structure is back to baseline, and we log the daily readings for the insurance file.
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Soot and smoke removal. Soot removal happens before any rebuilding, using dry-removal methods, chemical sponges, HEPA vacuuming, and surface-specific cleaning. Smoke odor treatment follows: thermal fogging, hydroxyl generation, and removal of saturated materials like insulation and carpet that cannot be deodorized. This is the stage that determines whether the smell stays gone.
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Reconstruction and finish work. Framing, drywall, insulation, electrical, plumbing, paint, and flooring are rebuilt to current Houston code, with every step documented and photographed. You get the 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing on the completed work. If anything fails within a year, we return and make it right at no charge.
How Much Does Fire Damage Restoration Cost in Houston?
Fire damage restoration in Houston runs a wide range because no two fires do the same work. A contained kitchen fire with moderate smoke damage typically runs $3,500 to $8,000. A single-room structure fire with water damage from suppression and ceiling replacement generally falls between $8,000 and $18,000. A multi-room fire with structural framing replacement, full HVAC cleaning, and extensive contents loss starts around $20,000 and can exceed $40,000 on larger homes. These are real numbers from Houston-area scopes we have written, not national averages that do not reflect local labor and material rates.
What moves the price: the square footage actually affected, not just the square footage of the burn room; how far smoke traveled into ductwork and wall cavities; the volume of water the fire department used and how long it sat; whether framing, electrical, or roofing components need replacement; and the contents that require cleaning or disposal. The way to avoid overpaying is to get a written scope with line items, not a single number scrawled on a business card. Our estimates are free, and the written scope shows you exactly what the work includes and what it costs before you commit to anything. Call (325) 550-1783 and get the number in writing.
Our Service Area Near Houston
Keegan Restoration Houston serves homeowners across the greater Houston metro, including Fire Damage Restoration in Katy and Fire Damage Restoration in Sugar Land, plus Baytown, Missouri City, Jersey Village, Friendswood, Alvin, Dickinson, Bellaire, New Territory, and Santa Fe. Our crews dispatch from our Houston location, and typical response times run 45 to 90 minutes across the metro depending on traffic and time of day. If you are inside the loop or on the outer edges of Harris County, call (325) 550-1783 and a live person will give you a straight answer on when we can be there.
Serving Houston, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Houston area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
Frequently Asked Questions About Fire Damage Restoration in Houston
Fire damage restoration is the full process of returning a fire-damaged home to safe, pre-loss condition, covering board-up, water extraction, soot and smoke removal, odor treatment, structural repair, and finish work. It differs from simple fire cleanup because it addresses what the fire did to the structure itself, the water the fire department left behind, and the smoke that traveled far beyond the burn room. Keegan Restoration Houston handles the entire scope under one written price and one guarantee. Call (325) 550-1783 for a free assessment of your specific situation.
Most Friendswood Fire Damage Restoration and Houston-area jobs take two to six weeks from first assessment to final walk-through, depending on the burn severity, the water load from suppression, and how quickly the insurance adjuster approves the scope. A contained kitchen fire may finish in two to three weeks. A structural fire with framing replacement and full HVAC cleaning can run six to ten weeks. We give you a written timeline with the written price, and we update it every week until the job is done.
Baytown Fire Damage Restoration and Houston-area jobs typically cost $3,500 to $25,000, with contained kitchen fires at the lower end, single-room structure fires in the $8,000 to $18,000 range, and multi-room fires with structural work running $20,000 to $40,000 or more. The final number depends on the affected square footage, smoke travel, water volume, and what needs replacing versus what can be cleaned. We put the full price in writing before any work starts, and that number does not move. Call (325) 550-1783 for a free estimate.
Yes. We document every fire job with photographs, moisture readings, line-item inventories, and a written scope of loss formatted to support your claim and submitted directly to your adjuster. Our documentation is built to meet the standards insurance carriers expect, which means fewer back-and-forth requests and faster approvals. You deal with us about the work; we deal with the adjuster about the file.
Yes. A live person answers our phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including nights, weekends, and holidays. A fire does not wait for Monday morning, and neither should your restoration. We dispatch from our Houston location the same day the fire marshal clears you to re-enter, and a crew can typically be on site within 45 to 90 minutes across the metro. Call (325) 550-1783 and you will talk to a person, not a phone tree.
Every fire restoration job we complete is backed by the 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If any repair fails within one year, we return and make it right at no charge, including a free second visit. That guarantee is part of The Garrison Standard we run on every job, and it is not conditional on a maintenance contract or a review. It is simply the way we work in Houston.
Do not enter the home until the fire marshal clears it, and do not attempt to clean soot or smoke residue yourself, since improper cleaning can set stains and push residue deeper. Move vehicles so the crew can access the driveway, and collect any documents or medications you need from the property if it is safe to retrieve them. We handle contents triage and pack-out for the items that need cleaning, and we document everything that leaves the site. The most important preparation is the phone call: (325) 550-1783 gets a live person and a dispatching plan started the same day.
Schedule Your Fire Damage Restoration Service in Houston Today
A fire in your home is a loss, not a decision you should have to negotiate under pressure. Call (325) 550-1783 and you will talk to a live person who will schedule a same-day assessment, walk the property with you, and hand you a written scope and a written price before anything gets touched. Free estimate, no pressure, and every repair backed by the 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing. You can also learn more on our home page or see the full service page for Fire Damage Restoration in Houston.
Written by Shane Pruitt, Owner at Keegan Restoration Houston, serving Houston since 2005.