The fire is out. The kitchen is not. Grease smoke coats cabinets two rooms over, and firefighting water is under the toe kick. That is the job kitchen fire repair actually is.
This is the rebuild side of the five most common kitchen fire causes. Causes belong in that post. This one is what we replace in Lakeland after the fire department leaves.
What usually has to come out
A range fire rarely stops at the range. The boxes above the cooktop take the heat. The ones beside it take the soot. The room behind the kitchen takes the smell through the return.
We photograph that spread before anyone wipes a wall. Wipe soot wrong and it sets. Then we tear out what cannot be cleaned and keep what can. A lot of Lakeland kitchens from the 1990s have particle-board boxes. Once those swell from hose water, they do not get a second life.
Cabinets that come out go through kitchen cabinet installation. Counters that crack or stain go through kitchen countertop installation. If the layout was already wrong, this is when a kitchen remodel makes more sense than putting the same plan back.
Cleanup first, then the license
Soot and odor sit on smoke damage remediation. Framing, electrical, drywall, and finishes sit on fire damage restoration. One project manager, one contract. Water extraction is True Plumbers at trueplumbers.com. We do not run that scope.
Florida general contractor license CBC1258346. We pull the permit when the rebuild needs one. An unlicensed cleanup crew cannot.
What the number looks like, as market context
HomeGuide puts a kitchen or grease fire at $11,000 to $18,000 and smoke and soot removal at $500 to $5,000. Those are published industry ranges, not a True Builders quote. Your number moves with how far the soot traveled and whether the boxes can be saved.
We put a written scope in front of you after we walk the house. Call (863) 647-1800 or get a quote. The Lakeland office is at 2829 Badger Rd #19. The sooner soot comes off, the less of the kitchen has to be replaced.
