The fire is out, but the damage is still moving. Soot is acidic and starts etching metal, glass and stone within hours. Here's how to protect your home and your claim before we arrive:
A house fire leaves behind flame damage, smoke and soot contamination, the water the fire department used to put it out, and a structure open to the weather. Each one keeps causing damage after the flames are out: acidic soot residue discolors and corrodes surfaces within days, firefighting water soaks framing and drywall and starts the mold clock, and smoke odor bonds to every porous material in the house. Restoring it right means sequencing all four correctly — secure, dry, clean, deodorize, rebuild — with documentation your insurer can't dispute. We've restored fire and smoke losses across South Orange County from kitchen fires in Mission Viejo tract homes to wildfire smoke intrusion in Laguna Beach hillside properties, and we handle every phase with our own crews.
Recent projects across South Orange County — every job documented start to finish.
Fire restoration done out of order locks damage in. This is the sequence that saves everything salvageable — and documents everything that isn't:
Emergency board-up of windows and doors, roof tarping, and temporary fencing. This stops weather, animals and intrusion — and it's an insurance requirement to prevent further loss.
Room-by-room documentation of structural damage, smoke spread and contents — photographed, inventoried and priced in Xactimate before anything is moved or removed.
Thousands of gallons went into putting the fire out. We extract and dry the structure immediately so a fire loss doesn't grow a mold problem inside it.
HEPA air scrubbing, surface-correct soot removal (dry, wet or abrasive by material), duct cleaning, and hydroxyl/ozone treatment that breaks smoke odor at the molecular level — not perfume over it.
Salvageable belongings are inventoried, packed out, professionally cleaned and deodorized, and stored securely until your home is ready for them again.
From framing and drywall to cabinets, flooring and paint — we rebuild to pre-loss condition or better. Final walkthrough with you before we call it done.
Not all smoke behaves the same, and cleaning it wrong makes it permanent. The material that burned determines the residue, the smell, and the restoration method:
Every job is documented room by room — browse the photos and see exactly how we work.
Fire losses involve structure, contents, additional living expenses while you're displaced, and code-upgrade coverage on the rebuild — the most complex homeowner claim there is. Adjusters scope conservatively; our job is to document so thoroughly they can't. We inventory every damaged item, price the full restoration in Xactimate, bill your insurer directly, and negotiate the supplements when hidden damage surfaces during demo. You focus on your family; we'll fight for the house.
Crews based in San Clemente — not trucked in from LA. Here's what we see most in each city:
Restored Right provides complete fire and smoke damage restoration throughout South Orange County — San Clemente, Dana Point, Laguna Beach, San Juan Capistrano, Laguna Niguel, Aliso Viejo, Mission Viejo, Ladera Ranch, Laguna Hills, Newport Beach, Costa Mesa and Coto de Caza. From emergency board-up after a kitchen fire to whole-home soot removal, smoke odor elimination, contents cleaning and structural rebuild, our IICRC-certified, B1-licensed team manages the entire loss — including the insurance claim — with crews that arrive fast from San Clemente.
A certified tech walks the loss with you, documents structure, soot and odor damage room by room, and hands you an Xactimate-priced restoration plan before you settle anything with the adjuster. Free, no obligation.