Fast, Reliable Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration Across Clovis
Fire and smoke damage in a Clovis home moves fast, and so do we. Our crews reach most Clovis addresses within 60 to 90 minutes of your call, because the sooner soot is stabilized and water from fire suppression is extracted, the fewer materials you lose. Whether the fire started in a Harlan Ranch kitchen or a Quail Lake bedroom in 93619, the first 24 hours decide how much of your home can be saved. Call (888) 737-2439 and a live person answers, any hour, any day.
We’ve worked Clovis neighborhoods long enough to know what the city’s housing stock hides: stucco exteriors that mask smoke travel inside wall cavities, plaster-and-lath walls in Old Town that crack under aggressive drying, and slab foundations that hold smoke odor like a kiln. That local knowledge changes how we scope a job, and it changes what you pay.
Why Floodline Restoration Co. of California Is the Fire & Smoke Team Clovis Homeowners Call First
Over 42 years serving Central Valley communities has taught us one thing: homeowners here want a square deal and a name they can hold accountable. Curt Bowman founded Floodline Restoration Co. around a dispatch board, not a sales desk, and that’s still how we run. When you call about smoke damage in Clovis, you talk to a person who can put a crew on the road, not a call center routing you to voicemail.
Our technicians are background-checked, uniformed, and certified to IICRC, RIA, and IFA standards. They arrive in marked vans with professional-grade Dri-Eaz and Phoenix equipment, a moisture map, and a written scope of work before anything gets torn out. That matters in Clovis, where a lot of the housing stock was built quickly during the 1990s and 2000s boom and stucco exteriors routinely hide more soot and water damage than a surface inspection reveals.
And we stand behind every job with the 90-Day Done Right Promise. If it’s not done right, we make it right. In writing. No paperwork battles, no arguing.
Our Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration Services in Clovis
Smoke & Soot Removal
Soot isn’t just black dust. In Clovis homes, it’s acidic, oily, and corrosive, and it embeds into textured walls, grout, and the inside of your HVAC ductwork within hours. We remove it with HEPA vacuums, dry-ice blasting on masonry, and chemical sponge techniques on painted surfaces. A typical smoke and soot removal in Clovis runs $1,200 to $4,800 depending on square footage and how far the smoke traveled through the house.
Odor Removal & Deodorization
Clovis’s tule fog season, running November through February, keeps ambient humidity near 100% for weeks at a time. That slows how fast smoke odor off-gasses from walls, carpet, and insulation. Our crews run XPOWER air scrubbers with carbon filtration and thermal fogging longer during fog months, because a shorter timeline leaves callback odors in those stucco-wrapped tract homes. A full structural deodorization in a 2,000-square-foot Clovis home typically ranges from $800 to $2,600.
Contents Cleaning & Pack-Out
Your grandmother’s cedar chest in an Old Town Clovis home needs different handling than a flat-screen in a 93619 track home. We inventory every item, pack out what needs cleaning, and clean it in our shop with ultrasonic and ozone treatments. The rest stays packed until reconstruction is done. Contents cleaning and pack-out in Clovis usually runs $600 to $3,500, depending on volume and material type.
Emergency Board-Up & Tarping
After the fire department leaves, your home is open to weather, animals, and anyone walking by. We board broken windows, tarp roof damage, and secure doors the same night. In Clovis, where fall can bring a sudden atmospheric river behind a dry summer, a secure tarp today means no water damage tomorrow. Board-up and tarping starts around $400 and goes up with the number of openings and roof area.
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 Equipment Brands We Use in Clovis
We don’t rent equipment and hope it works. Our company runs Dri-Eaz and Phoenix dehumidifiers, XPOWER air movers and scrubbers, and Injectidry panel systems for pulling moisture from plaster and hardwood without tear-out. That last one matters in Old Town Clovis, where original plaster-and-lath walls can’t survive aggressive drying without cracking. Having the right tool, not just any tool, is what keeps a difficult fire restoration from becoming a demolition job.
Common Fire & Smoke Damage Problems We See in Clovis Homes
- Smoke odor trapped in stucco-clad wall cavities. Clovis’s post-1985 stucco exteriors hide smoke travel paths that surface cleaning never reaches. We probe wall cavities and use injection drying and air scrubbing where odor lives, not just where soot is visible.
- Slab-edge water intrusion after the first storm. In 93619, expansive valley clay bakes and cracks through 100°F+ summers. When the first atmospheric river hits, water funnels toward slab perimeters instead of draining away. If that water reaches smoke residue inside wall cavities, you get a paired smoke-and-water restoration, not a simple wipe-down.
- Cracked plaster in Old Town homes from over-drying. Fire restoration in pre-1960 Clovis Avenue houses means original plaster, original electrical, and often lead-based paint. Aggressive air movement cracks the plaster and releases dust nobody wants airborne. We use gentler, longer drying cycles and containment.
- HVAC contamination from Sierra wildfire smoke. Even a Clovis home never directly threatened by flames collects ash and soot inside ductwork during Creek Fire-season smoke events. That residue circulates for months and smells like smoke every time the furnace kicks on. Duct cleaning and HVAC decontamination are part of many Clovis smoke jobs, not an add-on.
Pricing for Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration in Clovis, CA
Here’s what we actually see on Clovis jobs, not national averages pulled from a website.
| Service | Typical Clovis Range |
|---|---|
| Smoke & soot removal (up to 1,500 sq ft) | $1,200 - $3,200 |
| Structural deodorization (full house) | $800 - $2,600 |
| Contents cleaning & pack-out | $600 - $3,500 |
| Emergency board-up & tarping | $400 - $1,800 |
| HVAC duct cleaning after smoke exposure | $350 - $900 |
What moves the price: how many rooms the smoke reached, whether the fire was wet (kitchen grease) or dry (electrical), how long the home sat before mitigation started, and whether water from fire suppression soaked into slab edges. We give you a written scope before work starts, and we bill your carrier directly when coverage applies. The estimate is free. Call (888) 737-2439 and we’ll walk the house with you.
We Also Serve Cities Near Clovis
Our crews work throughout the eastern Central Valley. Clovis is our home market, but we regularly run calls to Fresno, Old Fig Garden, Sanger, and Fowler. The same live dispatch, the same certified crews, the same written scope. Call us from anywhere in the 93611 to 93619 corridor and we’ll be there.
Serving Clovis, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Clovis 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 Clovis
Tule fog keeps Clovis ambient humidity near 100% from November through February, which means structural drying after a fire suppression event takes 30 to 50% longer than it would in summer. A normal 72-hour dry can stretch to five or six days during fog season, and cutting corners on that timeline means trapped moisture turns to mold inside wall cavities within two to three weeks. We run daily moisture readings and extend drying until the meter says the structure is dry, not until the calendar says it should be. If your fire happened during fog season, call (888) 737-2439 for a moisture assessment.
The 93619 ZIP sits on expansive valley clay that cracks open after months of 100°F+ summer heat. When the first atmospheric river of the season arrives, the desiccated clay absorbs water slowly and channels it toward slab perimeters instead of draining it away. If that water reaches smoke residue and soot left inside wall cavities from an earlier fire event, you get the paired smoke/water restoration sequence that defines east Clovis work. It’s a local pattern we see every fall, and it’s why we recommend fire-damaged 93619 homes get a perimeter moisture check before the first storm. Call (888) 737-2439 to schedule one.
Yes. Plaster-and-lath walls in pre-1960 Old Town Clovis homes absorb smoke differently than drywall, and they crack under aggressive air movement or heat. In one Clovis Avenue kitchen fire job, our crew used Injectidry panels to pull soot-laden moisture from original plaster without disturbing lead-based paint, then ran XPOWER air scrubbers with carbon filtration for 72 hours. The home was restored without a single wall tear-out. That approach costs a bit more in time but saves thousands in needless demolition.
Every fall, the first significant storm after the dry season triggers a spike in slab-edge and garage flooding calls across Clovis, particularly in the 93619 and 93612 planned communities where flat-lot drainage meets expansive clay. When those calls come on homes that had a fire or smoke event earlier in the year, the job becomes a dual restoration, because water re-activates smoke residues and accelerates mold inside wall cavities. We staff extra crews from October through December for exactly this pattern.
Absolutely, and it’s one of the most common Clovis smoke calls we handle. Wildfire smoke carries extremely fine particulates that pass through standard filters and coat duct interiors, heat exchangers, and coils. Months later, every furnace cycle pushes a stale smoke smell through the house. If your 93611 or 93612 home smells like wildfire smoke even when there’s no fire nearby, call (888) 737-2439 for a duct inspection and HVAC decontamination estimate.
Call Floodline Restoration Co. of California for Fire & Smoke Restoration in Clovis
If you’re reading this with a smoke smell in the house or a boarded window from last night’s fire, call us now. A live dispatcher answers at (888) 737-2439 and a certified crew is on the road to Clovis within the hour. We’ll give you a written scope before anything is demolished, photograph everything for your carrier, and stand behind the work with the 90-Day Done Right Promise. Done right, and backed in writing.
Written by Curt Bowman, Owner at Floodline Restoration Co. of California, serving Clovis and the Central Valley for over 42 years.