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Fire and smoke damage cleanup in Durham
Durham mixes century-old mill houses with brand-new apartments. We clean and rebuild both, and every job starts with testing what the smoke actually left behind.
- Answered 24/7
- Dispatched from Cary
- Older homes and rentals
Fire and smoke damage cleanup in Durham starts the night of the fire with board-up and extraction of the firefighting water, then residue testing in every room so old plaster and woodwork and new drywall each get the right method. We handle the contents, the odor and the rebuild under a city permit, document everything for your insurer, and dispatch from our Cary head office, answering around the clock.
Durham's fire department goes back to about 1890 and the Golden Belt Hose Company, and some of the city's housing is nearly as old: the mill houses of East Durham and Edgemont, and the bungalows and foursquares of Trinity Park, Watts-Hillandale and Old West Durham. Around them, apartments and townhomes have gone up downtown, along the American Tobacco Trail and out toward Research Triangle Park.
Older houses here often have plaster walls, heart pine floors and original trim worth saving, and they rarely have the firestopping newer codes require, so smoke travels through wall cavities and up into the attic. Newer buildings are tighter and full of synthetic finishes. Both need testing before cleaning; neither responds to a household cleaner.
What Durham fires usually need
Durham neighborhoods we cover
We cover downtown and the American Tobacco area, Trinity Park and Duke Park, Old West Durham and Watts-Hillandale, East Durham and Edgemont, South Durham and Southpoint, North Durham out toward Falls Lake, and the Research Triangle Park edge. Rebuild permits and inspections go through the city-county inspections office, and we handle them.
Questions from Durham callers
Usually. Heart pine floors, trim and plaster clean well when the residue is tested first. We clean and seal before we consider replacing anything original.
Yes, including smoke that moved into the neighboring unit. We coordinate with landlords, property managers and each household's insurer.
Request the incident report from the Durham Fire Department; your adjuster will usually want it. We add our photos, readings and scope to the same file.
Yes, all of Durham, including South Durham and the Research Triangle Park area.