When fire hits a Kenmore home, the damage keeps spreading after the flames go out — smoke penetrates walls, soot coats every surface, and char odor embeds in the framing within hours. Water Damage Restoration Bothell has responded to fire events throughout the 98028 zip code since 2009, working in neighborhoods from the Lake Washington waterfront to Moorlands and the Wayne Golf Course corridor. We're fully licensed, bonded, and insured, and our fire restoration technicians hold active IICRC Fire and Smoke Restoration Technician (FSRT) certification. Every job we complete carries a one-year written labor guarantee.
Our operation runs out of Bothell, under four miles from Kenmore's downtown core. We're not a national franchise routing your call to a regional call center — our trucks stage locally and our technicians live in this part of King County. We know the building patterns along the Kenmore waterfront, the tight lots in the Moorlands neighborhood, and the post-war construction methods that are standard in 1950s and 1960s homes near the Burke-Gilman Trail and Log Boom Park. When a fire restoration project in Kenmore requires permits from the City of Kenmore Community Development Department, we handle that paperwork ourselves. We've navigated this jurisdiction's process dozens of times. Call us day or night at (425) 490-8436 — a live technician answers, not a voicemail box.
Water Damage Restoration Bothell has been family-owned since 2009. Our fire restoration scope includes emergency board-up and tarping, smoke and soot removal from all surfaces and HVAC systems, structural assessment and shoring, odor elimination using thermal fogging and ozone treatment, content pack-out and off-site cleaning, and full reconstruction — all performed by technicians on our own payroll. We do not subcontract labor. In over 15 years serving Kenmore and surrounding King County communities, we've handled kitchen fires in lakefront homes, garage fires that spread to connected structures, and wildfire smoke infiltration events that required full HVAC cleaning throughout the 98028 zip code.
The company was founded by a King County native holding IICRC Fire and Smoke Restoration Technician (FSRT) and Applied Structural Drying (ASD) certifications. We carry a Washington State contractor license, full general liability coverage, and workers' compensation on every crew member. Our one-year written labor guarantee covers everything our team installs or restores — if any element fails, we return and correct it at no charge to you.
Local knowledge shapes every build. Kenmore's older housing stock — particularly the lakefront homes built in the 1950s and 1960s — uses original wood framing without modern fire-blocking in the walls and floors. When a fire starts in these structures, smoke and toxic combustion gases travel through wall cavities to areas far from the visible char zone. We scope every Kenmore fire job by opening walls and ceilings to trace the smoke path, not just cleaning what's visible. The Pacific Northwest's persistent humidity also means that soot residue in Kenmore homes absorbs moisture rapidly, which accelerates corrosion on metal surfaces and secondary odor development.
Kenmore is a single-zip-code city — 98028 — but each neighborhood has distinct characteristics that shape how a fire restoration project unfolds. The lakefront neighborhoods along the Kenmore waterfront and near the Kenmore Air seaplane base are dominated by original mid-century construction with minimal insulation, making smoke migration through wall cavities especially rapid and extensive. These homes also sit close together on narrow lots, which means a fire in one structure can produce significant smoke exposure in adjacent properties — a situation we've managed several times in Kenmore.
Inland, the Moorlands neighborhood and the area near the Wayne Golf Course include a mix of older homes and some more recent builds. The newer construction in these areas tends to have better fire-blocking, but it also has more complex HVAC ductwork that can distribute smoke throughout the structure even from a contained kitchen or utility-room fire. The Inglewood-Finn Hill border to the east includes some larger wooded lots where exterior fire risk is higher during dry summers, and those homes typically have more attic space for smoke to accumulate before it's detected.
Fire restoration work in Kenmore requires permits from the City of Kenmore Community Development Department for any structural repair, electrical work, or plumbing replacement triggered by the fire. This includes framing repairs, panel replacement, and re-insulation. We pull all required permits, coordinate with city inspectors, and keep the homeowner informed of every required inspection so there are no surprises at the end of the project.
Immediately after a Kenmore fire, we secure broken windows, compromised doors, and roof damage with plywood and tarps to prevent weather intrusion and unauthorized entry. Lake Washington's proximity means wind and rain can enter a fire-damaged structure within hours and expand the damage footprint significantly.
Learn about emergency securing →Smoke residue in Kenmore homes — especially in the older lakefront properties with plaster walls — requires chemical sponge cleaning, wet cleaning with pH-adjusted detergents, and HEPA vacuuming applied in the right sequence on each surface type. We identify the smoke type (wet, dry, protein) and apply the correct chemistry, rather than using a single product on every surface.
Learn about smoke removal →We assess fire-affected framing in every Kenmore home using moisture meters, visual inspection, and where needed, destructive investigation — opening walls and ceilings to determine the true extent of structural compromise. Charred framing is documented in our scope-of-work report and replaced by licensed carpenters on our own crew, never third-party subcontractors.
Learn about structural services →Smoke odor in a Kenmore home left untreated will intensify over time as soot residue continues off-gassing — particularly in humid Pacific Northwest conditions. We use thermal fogging to penetrate the same pathways smoke traveled, ozone treatment in sealed spaces, and hydroxyl generators for occupied or partially occupied homes where ozone treatment isn't safe.
Learn about odor removal →We inventory, photograph, and pack out salvageable contents from Kenmore homes to our facility for professional cleaning — upholstered furniture, clothing, electronics, documents, and personal items. Items that cannot be restored are documented thoroughly for your insurance claim, and we work directly with your adjuster to ensure the contents portion of the claim is accurate and complete.
Learn about content services →After remediation is complete, our in-house carpentry, drywall, and finish team rebuilds the Kenmore home to pre-fire condition. We handle the full scope — framing, insulation, drywall, paint, flooring, cabinetry, and trim — so homeowners deal with a single contractor from the first emergency call through the final walkthrough.
Learn about reconstruction →Call (425) 490-8436 as soon as the fire department clears the scene. We answer 24 hours a day and deploy a crew from Bothell to Kenmore within 60 minutes, arriving with board-up materials, tarps, and assessment equipment ready.
We document every affected surface with photos and a written damage inventory before touching anything. You receive a complete assessment report with our recommended scope of work and cost estimate before any remediation begins — transparent process, no surprises.
We remove unsalvageable char materials, perform systematic smoke and soot cleaning on all remaining surfaces, pack out salvageable contents for off-site cleaning, and treat all affected cavities and framing with appropriate chemical agents based on smoke type and surface material.
We seal treated surfaces with shellac-based primer to lock in any residual odor, run thermal fog or hydroxyl treatment throughout the structure, and confirm odor clearance before enclosing any wall cavities. No wall gets closed until odor levels pass our internal standard.
Our in-house team rebuilds the home to pre-loss condition, handling all trades under our license. At project completion you receive a one-year written labor guarantee — if anything our crew installed fails, we return and fix it at no cost, period.
Fire restoration costs in Kenmore range widely — a confined kitchen fire in a mid-century lakefront home might run $15,000 to $30,000, while a fire that spreads to the framing in a larger home can exceed $100,000. The biggest cost drivers are how far smoke traveled through the wall cavities, how much structural framing was compromised, and whether the HVAC system was contaminated. We provide a written estimate after the initial on-site assessment at no charge.
The remediation phase — smoke removal, odor treatment, and demolition of unsalvageable material — typically takes one to two weeks for most Kenmore residential fire jobs. Reconstruction timelines depend entirely on the extent of structural damage: minor repairs might take two or three weeks, while a significant rebuild of multiple rooms can take two to four months. We give you a detailed timeline at the assessment stage and update it as the scope becomes clearer.
Yes — any fire damage repair involving structural framing, electrical systems, plumbing, or HVAC replacement requires a permit from the City of Kenmore Community Development Department. Given that most meaningful fire events affect at least one of those systems, permits are nearly universal on fire restoration jobs in Kenmore. We handle all applications and required inspections as part of our standard service.
This is a common question in Kenmore's older waterfront homes, which frequently have original three-coat plaster over wood lath. Plaster is dense and durable but also absorbs odor and soot deeply — if smoke penetrated behind the plaster and into the lath, full removal is usually the right call regardless of the plaster's structural condition. Replacing with Type X drywall gives you better fire resistance and a cleaner surface for odor sealing. If the plaster is intact and smoke exposure was minimal, we sometimes preserve it with encapsulation and skim-coat repair. We assess each wall individually and give you an honest recommendation.
We serve all of Kenmore zip code 98028 — the lakefront and waterfront neighborhoods, Log Boom Park area, Moorlands, Wayne Golf Course corridor, and the Inglewood-Finn Hill border. We also respond to fire damage calls in adjacent communities including Bothell, Kirkland, Shoreline, and Woodinville. There is no mileage fee or dispatch charge for any Kenmore address.
A kitchen fire that appears confined to the immediate cooking area often has smoke residue that traveled much further than the visible soot zone — particularly in Kenmore's older homes where there is minimal fire-blocking in the walls. DIY smoke cleaning with consumer products also risks smearing and bonding soot more deeply into surfaces, making professional removal harder and more expensive. We always recommend a free professional assessment first, even on small fires, because the true scope is rarely obvious without opening walls and testing air quality.
Our base of operations — we serve Canyon Park, North Creek, and downtown Bothell and have completed fire restoration on both mid-century and newer construction throughout the city.
Fire damage restoration in Bothell →From high-value Juanita waterfront estates to tech-worker condos near the Google campus in Totem Lake, we handle fire restoration across all of Kirkland's varied housing stock.
Fire damage restoration in Kirkland →Woodinville's wooded lots and rural-interface properties face higher wildfire smoke infiltration risk — we've handled smoke remediation throughout the SR-202 and Sammamish River corridor.
Fire damage restoration in Woodinville →Shoreline's dense post-war housing stock means fires can involve neighboring structures — we're equipped for multi-unit and adjacent-property smoke assessment and remediation.
Fire damage restoration in Shoreline →Tell us what happened — kitchen fire, garage fire, or wildfire smoke infiltration — and we'll get a crew to your Kenmore home for a free on-site assessment, usually same-day. We'll give you a full written scope and cost estimate before any work starts.
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