Oak Brook, DuPage County

Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration in Oak Brook

Call or text (815) 585-1750, 24 hours a day, and we take your Oak Brook home from soot and hose water to rebuilt rooms. Every room the smoke traveled to gets cleaned, not only the one that burned.

Fire and smoke damage repair for Oak Brook homes

A fire leaves three kinds of damage: what burned, the soot and smell that spread, and the water used to put it out. We handle all three, starting with tear-out of burned materials, then cleaning soot off what can be saved while HEPA air scrubbers run. Hose water is extracted and dried with daily moisture readings, and odor is controlled by removing what absorbed it and sealing what remains. When the house is clean and dry, ONIT Solutions rebuilds it.

Oak Brook is on our regular route by I-88 and I-294, and we get around town on Route 83, York Road and 22nd Street. On a large lot with a big house, smoke does not stay in one wing, because a running furnace or air conditioner pulls it through the return air and pushes it out the vents into rooms at the other end. That is why we inspect and clean every room the system serves, and why the registers and vent covers get cleaned along with the walls. A bigger footprint also means more drying equipment, and every piece is listed with its daily rate before it is set.

Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration by ONIT Solutions

Oak Brook fire restoration, item by item

Burned material out

Fire-damaged drywall, insulation, flooring and finishes are removed and hauled off before any cleaning starts.

Soot cleaned house-wide

Walls, ceilings, trim, registers and hard surfaces in every room the smoke reached are cleaned, not just the room that burned.

HEPA scrubbers through the house

Air scrubbers are placed where the work is happening so soot stirred up by tear-out is caught instead of resettling.

Remove and seal for odor

Insulation, carpet and pad that hold smoke come out, and the framing and surfaces left in place are sealed.

Drying after the hoses

Standing water is extracted, then air movers and dehumidifiers are sized to each room and read daily.

Full rebuild

Drywall, insulation, framing, trim, flooring, cabinets and paint go back to match the rest of the house.

From the first walkthrough to the last room in Oak Brook

We start with a walkthrough of the whole house, and the daily rate for each piece of equipment is in writing before it is set up. The estimate is itemized line by line in the pricing format carriers use, with photos and readings behind each line, and you get copies of all of it. If the carrier's scope misses something, we explain it and send a supplement. Changes are approved by you in writing, the rebuild is booked around the days we said, and a final walkthrough closes the job.

  • Every room on the system inspected
  • Registers and vent covers cleaned with the walls
  • Equipment listed with daily rates
  • Line-by-line estimate with photos
  • Supplements sent when the scope misses something
  • 24/7 phone, call or text
FAQ

Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration in Oak Brook: questions

What should I do before your crew gets to my house?
Do not go back in until the fire department has cleared the house. Resist wiping soot off counters or walls, since that grinds it in and makes the cleanup harder. Photograph every room, the damaged ones and the smoky ones, and call your insurance carrier to open the claim.
Should I run the furnace or air conditioning after a fire?
Hold off until we have looked at the house, because the system can move soot from the damaged rooms into clean ones. Call or text (815) 585-1750 and we will tell you what to leave off until the cleanup is underway.
Does Oak Brook require a permit for fire repairs?
We check with the Village of Oak Brook before the rebuild starts. Framing, electrical and plumbing repairs generally need a permit, soot cleaning and drying generally do not, and we pull whatever the village requires.
How long will the cleanup and rebuild take in a larger house?
More rooms mean more cleaning and more drying equipment, and drying runs until the daily readings show dry. The rebuild is scheduled once you and your carrier agree on the written scope and the materials are in.
Do you work outside Oak Brook?
Yes. We take fire and smoke jobs in Oakbrook Terrace, Hinsdale, Elmhurst and Westmont as well.

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Smoke spread through your Oak Brook house?

Call or text (815) 585-1750 at any hour. We clean every room the smoke reached and then rebuild what the fire took.

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