Commercial Fire Damage Restoration in West Los Angeles

Commercial fire damage restoration is the cleanup, drying and repair of an apartment building, condo, office or other commercial property after a fire. You need it when fire, smoke or firefighting water has reached units, common areas or workspaces. It’s part of our commercial restoration and waterproofing work for property managers, HOA boards and building owners in West Los Angeles, Culver City and nearby communities.

Commercial fire damage restoration covers four kinds of damage, and most building fires leave all four:

• Burned and heat-damaged materials where the fire started
• Smoke residue and odor carried through hallways, shared walls and ducts
• Soot on walls, ceilings and fixtures
• Firefighting water in floors, walls and ceilings

The work follows our residential fire damage restoration process. What changes is coordination. Several units may need work at once, tenants need updates, and owners and insurers need a record for each unit.

Firefighting water in a multi-unit building spreads beyond the burned unit, down into the units below and sideways into the units next door. It carries soot and ash into spaces the fire never touched. Our water damage from firefighting process maps that water unit by unit and dries each unit to normal moisture levels. Roof and window openings that firefighters make to vent smoke also let rain in until they’re repaired.

Our commercial fire damage restoration process has five steps: we inspect every affected unit, remove the water, dry the structure, clean smoke and soot, then rebuild with a written record for each unit.

1. Call and Access Plan

Call (310) 678-4345 once the fire department releases the building. We ask which units and common areas are affected, how we get access and whether tenants have moved out.

2. Unit-by-Unit Inspection

We inspect the burned unit and every unit above, below and beside it. Moisture meters and thermal imaging find hidden water without opening walls.

3. Water Removal and Drying

We extract the water, remove soaked materials and run structural drying until each unit is back to normal moisture levels. We work area by area so the rest of the building stays in use.

4. Smoke and Soot Cleanup

We clean soot and smoke residue off every surface that can be saved. Insulation, drywall and other porous materials that hold smoke odor get replaced.

5. Repairs and Final Records

We rebuild what came out and repair the roof and window openings. Every unit gets its own written record when the job closes.

Commercial fire damage restoration has no set price: it’s quoted in a written estimate after an inspection, and a Multi-Unit / Larger Property Inspection costs $975 to $1,500. The estimate depends on how many units were damaged and how much has to be replaced and rebuilt.

Water testing isn’t included in inspection prices. When we do the work, the fee for a Basic or Detailed Inspection is credited toward the cost of the work. Multi-Unit / Larger Property Inspection fees and water testing fees are not credited.

We document fire, smoke and water damage separately for each unit, from the first inspection to the final dry check. Photos, moisture readings, thermal images and written findings give owners, boards and adjusters the same facts. That helps sort out who repairs what when a fire in one unit damages its neighbors. Our water damage insurance claims process covers what an adjuster will ask for. You also get short written updates to pass on to tenants.

We give property managers and boards one licensed, IICRC-certified contractor for the firefighting water, the smoke damage cleanup and the rebuild.

Water Damage Is Our Core Work

We’re a water damage restoration company that specializes in finding and repairing leaks from exterior sources. Firefighting water gets the same moisture mapping and drying we give any leak.

Commercial Experience

Our commercial work includes a $1.2 million project at San Francisco State University.

Certified and Experienced

Our founder, Cameron Figgins, has more than 30 years of hands-on experience. We’re an IICRC-certified firm and a MICRO Certified Firm.

Commercial fire jobs often need two related services: commercial water damage restoration for units the flames never reached, and commercial mold remediation when wet materials grow mold. The U.S. EPA says drying wet materials within 24 to 48 hours prevents mold in most cases, which is why we start drying early.