Fire & Smoke · Greater Houston
From board-up and soot removal through full reconstruction — handled by one team, with your insurance carrier in the loop from day one.
Fire & Smoke
There is what the flames burned, what the smoke and soot contaminated, and what the water used to put the fire out soaked. Most homeowners are braced for the first one and blindsided by the other two. Soot is acidic and keeps etching metal, glass and finishes for as long as it sits there, and smoke odor embeds itself in framing, insulation and HVAC.
That is why fire restoration is a sequence, not a cleanup. Secure and board up, remove what cannot be saved, neutralize soot before it does secondary damage, address odor at the source rather than masking it, dry out the firefighting water, then rebuild.
Building Edge Construction handles all of it with one accountable team, and we document everything for your insurance carrier from the first walkthrough. Owner John Baudry has rebuilt homes from this exact starting point.
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Emergency board-up and securing the structure
Soot and smoke residue removal from surfaces and contents
Smoke odor treatment at the source, including framing and HVAC
Water and extinguisher damage left behind by the fire response
Removal of unsalvageable drywall, insulation, flooring and framing
Full reconstruction back to pre-loss condition — or better
Do not clean soot yourself before it is documented — it can push residue deeper and complicate your claim. Let us inspect first.
How It Works
Board-up and make the structure safe.
Photographed, itemized, and sent to your carrier.
Soot neutralized and odor treated at the source.
Reconstruction back to pre-loss condition, walked with you.
Why Homeowners Choose Us
Our restoration work draws on IICRC-certified experience in water, fire and structural mitigation.
Owner John Baudry inspects and supervises personally — not a call center or a rotating crew.
We document the damage, meet your adjuster on site, and work directly with your insurance.
One accountable team from the first tarp to the final walkthrough — no hand-offs.
Real Work
Not stock photos — actual Building Edge Construction projects across Greater Houston.
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Common Questions
Once the fire department clears the scene and everyone is safe, do not re-enter until you are told it is structurally sound, and do not start cleaning soot. Call your insurer to open the claim, then call us — we can board up the property the same day and begin documenting for your claim.
It can be removed, but only if it is treated at the source. Odor comes back when someone cleans surfaces and masks the smell without addressing framing, insulation and the HVAC system, which is where smoke settles. That is the part we do not skip.
Fire is a standard covered peril on most homeowner policies, and coverage usually extends to smoke damage and to the water used to put the fire out. We document all three so the claim reflects the full loss, not just the visibly burned area.
It ranges widely — a contained kitchen fire can be weeks, while a significant structural loss can run several months through reconstruction. After the initial inspection we give you a realistic timeline rather than an optimistic one.
Both. We are a construction company with restoration experience, so the same team that secures and cleans the property rebuilds it. That avoids the gap where a mitigation company finishes and you are left finding a general contractor.
Yes. We document the damage thoroughly and meet your adjuster on site. We are your contractor, not a public adjuster, so the coverage decision stays with your insurer — but we make sure the scope reflects what actually happened.
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24/7 emergency disaster response. If life safety is involved, call 911 first.