Water damage drying
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Mold remediation
Storm response
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The scope we write is the scope we bill. Anything new gets shown to you, in writing, before we touch it.
Get your free estimateFast, Reliable Fire Damage Restoration Across Conway
A fire does not wait for business hours, and neither do we. If you’re standing in a smoke-filled living room off Hoffner Avenue or watching soot settle over your kitchen cabinets near Lake Conway, you need a crew that answers the phone now and shows up with a plan. Dryden Restoration Orlando provides Fire Damage Restoration in Conway with live dispatch 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Call (850) 786-4472 and a real person picks up, not a voicemail tree. We know Conway’s mid-century homes, its storm patterns, and the way fire damage here rarely travels alone.
Most calls we get from Conway involve more than charred drywall. The fire gets put out, the fire department floods the house, and then Central Florida humidity goes to work. That’s why our first visit always includes moisture mapping alongside smoke damage assessment. The two are inseparable in this climate.
Why Dryden Restoration Orlando Is Conway’s Preferred Fire Damage Restoration Company
Conway homeowners have been calling us since 2005 because we put the price in writing before a tool is touched. That’s The Kingswell Way, and it applies to every job in every neighborhood, from the streets behind Conway Elementary to the lakefront properties on Lake Margaret. Carl Brandt, who leads our crews, insists on three things on every fire damage call: a written scope, background-checked and uniformed technicians, and a 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If a covered repair fails within a full year, we come back at no charge. That’s not a marketing line. It’s on every contract.
We work in Conway regularly enough to know which blocks flood after a hard thunderstorm and which 1950s ranches still have original cast-iron plumbing that hides water after a fire. That local knowledge changes how we sequence restoration work. You can’t dry what you haven’t found.
Restoration work we handle
Smoke Damage Restoration in Conway
Smoke Damage Restoration in Conway usually costs between $500 and $4,000 depending on how far soot traveled and whether the fire was a grease flare-up in the kitchen or a structural burn that reached the attic. Smoke particles are acidic, and in Conway’s humidity they bond to painted walls, ceilings, and even inside HVAC ductwork within hours. We use Phoenix and XPOWER air scrubbers with activated carbon filtration to pull airborne soot out of the air, then clean every surface that tested positive for residue.
Thermal Fogging for Hidden Odor
After a small kitchen fire, soot often hides inside wall cavities and behind cabinets where wiping won’t reach. Our crews use thermal fogging, which matches the smoke’s original particle size and temperature so it penetrates the same spaces the smoke did, neutralizing odor at the source. This matters in older Conway homes because original drywall from the 1960s is porous. Skim-coating over it traps odor; fogging removes it.
Duct and Insulation Assessment
Central air systems in Conway ranches pull smoke through return vents and spread it into every room, even ones untouched by flame. We inspect duct interiors and attic insulation with a scope, then recommend a cleaning or replacement scope in writing. You’ll know the number before we open a single register.
Fire Damage Repair in Conway
Fire Damage Repair in Conway runs from $2,500 for minor structural patching up to $40,000 or more for a fire that compromised roof framing or load-bearing walls. Most Conway jobs fall between $6,000 and $18,000 once you factor in drywall replacement, electrical inspection, and repainting. Our team rebuilds to current Florida code, which for Conway’s older housing stock often means upgrading things that were never touched in the original build.
Structural Drying Before Rebuild
Fire suppression water soaks into slab-on-grade flooring and wicks up interior walls fast. We never hang new drywall over damp framing. Our crews track moisture content daily with meters and use Dri-Eaz dehumidifiers and air movers to hit structural drying targets before reconstruction starts. In Conway’s humidity, skipping this step means mold inside your new walls within weeks.
Opening Replacement and Hardening
When fire or firefighter access damages doors, windows, or the garage door, the repair is a chance to fix a longstanding weak point. Many Conway homes still have original single-pane window glass and hollow-core doors. We replace those with wind-rated impact products that meet current Florida Building Code. It’s a rebuild, not just a patch.
How Conway’s Climate and Housing Stock Shape Fire Restoration Here
Conway sits low between Lake Conway and Lake Jessamine, and the afternoons from June through September bring thunderstorms that drop an inch of rain in half an hour. The storm drains at Hoffner Avenue and Conway Road clog with oak leaves fast, sending water across the asphalt and into nearby carports and low-slab homes. If a fire has already compromised a wall opening or a door, that water walks right in. This is why our Fire Damage Restoration crews in Conway start with opening assessment and emergency board-up before touching a single soot-stained surface. You can’t clean smoke damage while rainwater is still entering the house.
Slab-on-grade construction, which dominates Conway’s 1950s and 1960s ranches, creates a specific restoration sequence. Water from fire hoses pools on the slab and wicks upward through drywall. There’s no crawl space to inspect, so moisture hides inside wall cavities. Our technicians cut small, hidden inspection ports at the base of walls to check the sill plate moisture level with a meter. The alternative is opening everything, which drives the price up. We show you the meter readings and let the data decide.
A Typical Conway Fire Call, Start to Finish
When a homeowner on Hoffner Avenue called us after a lightning strike ignited a carport fire near Conway Road, we arrived in under an hour. The home’s original 1960s hollow-core front door had warped from heat and suppression water, so we removed it and installed a wind-rated impact door with a proper threshold seal first. Then we set up Dri-Eaz air movers and dehumidification equipment to pull moisture from the slab and framing. Only after the structural drying targets were met did we begin smoke damage restoration on the interior. That sequencing is not optional in this climate. If we had started washing walls first, we would have been cleaning a wet house and calling it dry. We do not do that.
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We stock parts and service equipment from Dri-Eaz, Phoenix, XPOWER, B-Air, and Injectidry, which is a technical way of saying we bring the same machines large commercial restoration companies use on hospitals and hotels. For Conway homeowners, that means faster drying times and fewer return visits. If your HVAC blower motor was damaged by smoke exposure or a waterlogged air handler needs replacement, we can often source the part locally and keep the project moving. No one in Conway should be waiting a week for a fan motor while soot settles deeper into the drywall.
Common Fire Damage Restoration Problems We See in Conway Homes
- Moisture hidden in cast-iron plumbing chases: Original 1950s and 1960s homes often route plumbing in framed chases that fill with water during fire suppression. In Conway’s humidity, that hidden water feeds mold within 48 hours if no one runs a moisture meter through the chase. We inspect every chase before we consider the drying job complete.
- Single-pane windows re-contaminating cleaned rooms: A homeowner spends thousands on smoke cleanup, then the next thunderstorm blows wind-driven rain through an original window and stacks wet insulation against fresh drywall. We recommend window hardening as part of the repair scope, not as an add-on you discover later.
- Soot spread during aggressive demolition: Pulling smoke-damaged drywall without building a containment area sends soot particles into adjacent rooms, the carport, and down low-slab hallways. In Conway ranch layouts, which flow openly from one room to the next, containment is the difference between a one-room cleanup and a whole-house re-clean.
- Storm drain backups flooding fire-damaged carports: The intersections along Hoffner Avenue and Conway Road are known leaf-clog points. If your carport already has a fire-damaged drain path or missing door seal, a backed-up storm drain turns a small fire job into a water and smoke job. We check the perimeter drainage on every call because we know which streets this happens on.
Pricing for Fire Damage Restoration in Conway, FL
You should know real numbers before you decide, not after. Structural fire damage repair in Conway typically ranges from $6,000 to $18,000 for most single-family homes. Emergency board-up and securing runs $300 to $900. Smoke and soot cleaning on a room-by-room basis runs $500 to $2,500 per room depending on severity. Full smoke odor removal, including thermal fogging and duct cleaning, runs $1,500 to $5,000. Wind-rated door and window replacement as part of a rebuild typically adds $1,200 to $4,500 depending on the opening count and impact rating. These are the numbers we give Conway homeowners before any work begins. The written price does not move once it’s on paper.
Call (850) 786-4472 for a free on-site assessment. No charge for the visit, no charge for the written scope.
We Also Serve Cities Near Conway
Dryden Restoration Orlando runs crews throughout the greater Orlando metro area. If your property is in Conway, we’re already close. We also handle Fire Damage Restoration work in Orlando, Apopka, St. Cloud, and Deltona, with the same written pricing and 365-Day Done Right Promise on every job.
Serving Conway, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Conway 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 About Fire Damage Restoration in Conway
With no crawl space to inspect, fire suppression water in a slab-on-grade Conway home stays hidden inside wall cavities and under flooring, so our crews cut small inspection ports at the base of affected walls and run moisture meters to find what is not visible. We dry to target before we rebuild, and the drying usually takes one to three days longer than a home with a vented crawl. Call (850) 786-4472 and we will explain what that means for your specific floor plan.
If your home is within a mile of Lake Conway or Lake Jessamine, you should plan on impact-rated or wind-rated openings for any door or window replacement after a fire, because the lake exposure adds wind load and wind-driven rain pressure that plain replacements do not handle. We spec the correct product for your exposure and include it in the written scope. Your insurance adjuster should see the wind-load requirement on paper, not as a surprise line item.
Smoke odor hides in the same empty vertical chases that original cast-iron plumbing runs through, so we fog each chase and seal the access points to keep the fog where the odor lives. In a flat ranch layout, smoke travels through the shared attic plenum too, so we treat attic airspace and HVAC ducting together. Otherwise the odor returns on the first humid afternoon.
Expect a two-part schedule: we dry the water intrusion first with Dri-Eaz equipment, which in Conway’s summer humidity can take three to five days for slab-on-grade, then begin smoke cleanup and structural repair, which adds another three to ten days depending on the burn area. We give you a named arrival window and a written sequence on day one, so everyone knows what happens and in what order.
Yes, in most cases a door or window replacement that changes the opening size or the product rating requires a permit through Orange County, and we coordinate that as part of our scope. This is a recurring issue in Conway’s older subdivisions, where the original build predates current wind codes. We handle the paperwork, the product spec, and the inspection, and it is all included in the written price.
Written by Carl Brandt, Owner at Dryden Restoration Orlando, serving Conway since 2005.