Fast, Reliable Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration Across Lawrenceville
Fire and smoke damage restoration in Lawrenceville, GA typically costs between $2,800 and $8,500 for a room-and-contents fire, with whole-home smoke odor removal running $1,200 to $4,500 on top of structural repairs. Most Lawrenceville homeowners can get a crew on-site within 2 to 3 hours of calling, and board-up service is available 24/7. Wade’s Restoration of Atlanta keeps equipment staged for Lawrenceville dispatch, and when you call (888) 690-3757, you’ll get a live person, not a phone tree.
We’ve worked in Lawrenceville long enough to know the difference between a 30044 subdivision off Sugarloaf Parkway and a 30042 neighborhood east of downtown. That matters when smoke has wicked through a crawl space or a fire-damaged wall is sitting on water-rotted joists. You need someone who knows what to look for here, not a crew learning the area from a GPS.
Why Wade’s Restoration of Atlanta Is Lawrenceville’s Preferred Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration Company
Wade Ferris put his own name on this company in 2007 and he answers his own phone. That’s not a marketing line. Call (888) 690-3757 at 2 a.m. and Wade picks up. Lawrenceville homeowners have learned the hard way that a national chain’s “local office” often routes to a call center three states away. Wade’s crew works out of our Atlanta office and drives into Lawrenceville every single week, so we know which 1990s subdivisions off GA-316 have the crawl-space problems and which ones don’t.
Our Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration team has handled everything from small kitchen fires in Lawrenceville’s older brick ranch homes to smoke-damaged two-story colonials in newer master-planned communities. Homeowners across Gwinnett County keep our number because Wade shows up himself, walks the property, and gives you a written scope of work before anything gets torn out. No bait-and-switch pricing at the door.
We’re licensed, insured, and our techs are background-checked and uniformed. Every fire job in Lawrenceville gets the same treatment: direct communication with your insurance adjuster, daily moisture readings if water was involved, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not right, Wade comes back and makes it right. No argument, no fine print.
Our Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration Services in Lawrenceville
Smoke & Soot Removal
Soot from a Lawrenceville kitchen fire travels faster than most homeowners realize. In the 1990s builder-grade homes that fill ZIPs 30042 through 30044, original fiberglass batt insulation has often settled away from ridge caps, which means smoke moves up into the attic and lodges in ductwork and truss cavities. Our crew uses Dri-Eaz Phoenix 200 Max LGR dehumidifiers alongside HEPA air scrubbers to pull soot from surfaces you can’t see. In Lawrenceville’s humid Georgia Piedmont climate, soot left untreated for more than 72 hours can bond to paint and drywall, which doubles the cleaning cost.
Odor Removal & Deodorization
Smoke odor in Lawrenceville homes is a stubborn problem because high summer humidity keeps porous materials damp and receptive to odor molecules. Drywall, carpet padding, and even subflooring hold smoke smell long after surfaces look clean. We treat odor at the source, running hydroxyl generators and B-Air Fido 700 air scrubbers in sealed rooms. For crawl-space homes in the 30044 and 30045 corridors, we routinely find smoke that wicked up through the subfloor and into finished hardwood, which requires sub-surface ozone treatment. Most restoration outfits in Atlanta never check the crawl space. In Lawrenceville, that’s where we start.
Fire Damage Cleanup
Fire damage cleanup in Lawrenceville means more than hauling out burned drywall and insulation. We cut back charred framing, treat remaining wood with anti-microbial coatings, and dry out any water from the fire department’s hoses. That last part gets overlooked by smaller operators. A single room-and-contents fire can put 500 gallons of water into your home. In Lawrenceville’s crawl-space homes, that water finds its way into the same floor joists that a failed 1990s vapor barrier may have already been saturating. We check for both.
Contents Cleaning & Pack-Out
We clean smoke-damaged furniture, clothing, electronics, and heirlooms on-site whenever possible. Lawrenceville homeowners often want to keep their stuff close rather than ship it to a facility in another county. Our pack-out service documents everything with photos, wraps and boxes items room by room, and either cleans them in our shop or stages a secure on-site cleaning setup. You get a full contents inventory, which your adjuster will need anyway. Wade deals with the adjuster directly, so you’re not relaying messages between two sides.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Lawrenceville
We run professional-grade equipment from Dri-Eaz and Phoenix on every Lawrenceville fire job, and our air scrubbing setups use XPOWER and B-Air units. We stock replacement filters, media, and cleaning agents locally for fast turnaround, so a mid-job equipment swap doesn’t mean a day of downtime. Our techs carry IICRC and RIA credentials, and Wade’s team is IFA-recognized. You’ll know what equipment is being used in your home because we tell you, and we hand you the moisture log at the end of the job. Almost nobody else does that.
Common Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration Problems We See in Lawrenceville Homes
- Smoke in the attic from a kitchen fire. In Lawrenceville’s 1990s-era homes, settled fiberglass batt insulation leaves gaps along ridge caps, so smoke travels upward and lodges in the attic and HVAC ductwork. Full deodorization of the HVAC system is usually required, not just surface cleaning.
- Polybutylene plumbing failures after fire suppression water hits old supply lines. Homes built between 1985 and 1995 often carry polybutylene piping. Fire department water can cause these brittle lines to burst during remediation, turning a small fire cleanup into a whole-home water extraction job.
- Crawl-space smoke wicking through the subfloor. When a 1990s vapor barrier has collapsed onto Georgia red clay, ground moisture saturates floor joists and smoke odor moves up through the wood into finished hardwood. This requires sub-surface ozone treatment that slab-on-grade homes elsewhere never need.
- Hidden water damage behind fire-damaged walls. In Lawrenceville subdivisions off Sugarloaf Parkway and GA-124, failed HVAC drip pans and leaky supply lines often pre-date the fire. Once a wall is opened for fire repair, we frequently find rotted framing that also needs to be addressed or the room won’t be structurally sound.
Pricing for Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration in Lawrenceville, GA
Here are real numbers from Lawrenceville jobs we’ve done. Emergency board-up and tarping runs $350 to $900 depending on window and door counts. Smoke and soot removal for a single room typically costs $1,800 to $3,500. Full odor removal and deodorization across a Lawrenceville home runs $1,200 to $4,500, with crawl-space ozone treatment adding $700 to $1,500 when subfloor wicking is present. Contents cleaning and pack-out starts around $1,500 for a small job and climbs with volume. Structural fire repair, including framing, drywall, and finish work, ranges from $4,000 to $25,000. A typical room-and-contents fire in Lawrenceville lands between $6,000 and $12,000 all-in. Wade gives you a written scope before work starts, and we offer a free second opinion on any written estimate. Seniors and veterans always get 10% off.
We Also Serve Cities Near Lawrenceville
Wade’s Restoration of Atlanta covers the full Lawrenceville area and regularly serves Lilburn, Norcross, Duluth, and Suwanee. If you’re in one of those cities and dealing with fire or smoke damage, the same crew and the same 90-Day Done Right Promise applies. Call (888) 690-3757 and we’ll route the nearest available team to your door.
Serving Lawrenceville, GA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Lawrenceville area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration in Lawrenceville
Georgia red clay sheds water instead of absorbing it, so moisture stays near the foundation and saturates the crawl space. If a fire-damaged wall sits on floor joists that have been soaking up that ground moisture for years, the joists may need sistering before any fire repair work can pass inspection. We check for this on every 30045 crawl-space job. Call (888) 690-3757 for an assessment.
Because the original pan liners in 1990s builder-grade homes fail from rust and age, and they are often already leaking before the fire happens. When we open a fire-damaged wall, we see what’s underneath. Replacing a failed pan liner during fire restoration is standard in this housing cohort. It’s not an upsell. Wade’s written scope shows you exactly why each line item is there.
Yes. We do on-site contents cleaning in Lawrenceville whenever the smoke damage is limited to surface soot and odor. We set up a sealed cleaning area in your garage or a cleared room, run air scrubbers, and clean items room by room. For heavy odor penetration, some items may need off-site ozone treatment, but we give you a photo-documented inventory before anything leaves your property. Call (888) 690-3757 to talk through your situation.
Because smoke particles penetrate porous materials and recirculate through the HVAC system. In a brick-front colonial with settled attic insulation, smoke travels up through wall cavities and into the attic, then gets pulled back into living spaces when the air handler kicks on. Surface cleaning won’t fix it. You need full HVAC deodorization and attic treatment. We handle both.
Yes, and it’s one of the first things we check. Many 1990s subdivisions in 30044 off Sugarloaf Parkway and Old Norcross Road have vapor barriers that have deteriorated and collapsed onto the red clay floor. Fire restoration in those homes frequently turns into a combined fire-and-moisture-remediation job. We’ll document it in photos and coordinate directly with your adjuster so the full scope is covered. Call (888) 690-3757 for a free estimate.
Written by Wade Ferris, Owner at Wade’s Restoration of Atlanta, serving Lawrenceville since 2007.