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FIRE & SMOKE RESTORATION · COST CALCULATOR

Separate what burned from what spread.

Illustrate direct fire, smoke, soot and firefighting-water effects. This is a cost conversation tool, not a structural or re-entry assessment.

01 / YOUR PROPERTY, YOUR SCENARIONO ACCOUNT REQUIRED

Define the damage.

sq ft

HomeGuide prices fire restoration per square foot of home.

Observed damage
Materials to replace Each one is priced on the surface it covers, so ticking more never lowers the total.
Walls and ceilings Tick both if the insulation behind the board is smoke-contaminated too.

Length × height of wall to replace, plus any ceiling area: 12 ft of wall 8 ft high is 96 sq ft.

Floor One covering, priced on the floor area to replace above.
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These inputs are assumptions, not an on-site assessment. Unseen conditions are not modeled.

Every row marked PUBLISHED on this page is a national average from a US cost guide; every row marked ASSUMPTION is RestoreWorth’s own modeling choice, with no published source. The result is not a local price and not a quote.

PROPERTY DAMAGE MAP LIVE SCENARIO
Illustrative property sectionA cutaway room with selectable affected wall, floor, ceiling, and basement. This conceptual damage map is not a property inspection or a prediction of damage spread.01 / BUILDING ENVELOPEAFFECTED ZONE02 / MATERIAL LAYERSWALL SECTIONN
Conceptual affected zoneSCHEMATIC · NOT AN INSPECTION
Scope first. Price second.

Amounts come from national averages published by homeguide.com and angi.com and captured on 2026-09-27; homeadvisor.com is used as a cross-check only. The damage map itself is schematic: it is not a measurement or a forecast of how damage spreads. The amount cannot see hidden damage, and the tool cannot decide what is safe, salvageable or necessary.

BEFORE ANY QUOTE

What to do first

  1. Wait for clearance to go back in. This tool cannot tell whether the building, its wiring or its gas are safe.
  2. Photograph before anything is moved or thrown away, so an insurer or a contractor can see the damage as it was.
  3. Ask for a line-by-line scope. Read each line against the rows above: what the quote includes, not whether its price is fair.
02 / UNDERSTAND THE SCOPEMITIGATION ≠ RECONSTRUCTION

One incident.
Several different scopes.

The observation controls distinguish smoke, soot, direct fire and firefighting water. Contents, structural engineering and temporary housing are not priced.

01

Stabilize the situation.

Mitigation stops the damage from spreading. It is separate from the cost of restoring the finished room.

02

Understand what is affected.

Our material view separates visible finishes from underlying layers. It does not establish which materials can be saved.

03

See the path back.

Every figure that enters the total keeps its own row: the base rate per square foot, each material replaced, each flat fee that is added, each of our coefficients. A single headline number can hide what is and is not included.

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KEEP EXPLORINGExplore the property

Different damage. A different lens.

01Water damageMaterials · time · source02Mold remediationSurface · location · access03Flood & basementArea · depth · materials04Sewage backupContamination · materials

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