Water damage drying
Fire & smoke cleanup
Mold remediation
Storm response
Sewage cleanup
ReconstructionFree visual inspection and a written scope of work before any mitigation begins - photos, moisture readings, and drying logs go in your claim file
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 Neptune Beach
If you’re standing in a smoke-damaged living room in Neptune Beach right now, here’s what you need to know: fire damage restoration typically runs $2,800 to $9,500 for a kitchen fire and $4,500 to $18,000 for a full-room burn in this market, and most smoke cleanup jobs start within 24 hours of your call. Crews from Keegan Restoration Jacksonville know the coastal housing stock here – the 1950s concrete block bungalows, the elevated beach cottages, the tightly packed lots where a fire in one garage threatens three neighbors. Call (904) 664-5108 and a live person answers, day or night.
Why Keegan Restoration Jacksonville Is Neptune Beach’s Preferred Fire Damage Restoration Company
We run every Neptune Beach job to The Garrison Standard. That means the price goes in writing before any work starts, the technicians who show up are background-checked and in uniform, and every repair carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise – a written guarantee that if the work fails within one year, we return and fix it at no charge.
Our Fire Damage Restoration team works from a written scope of loss on every job, so you know exactly what we’re doing and what it costs before we touch a wall. That matters in Neptune Beach, where so many homes are older block and wood-frame construction that hides water in wall cavities. We document everything with photos and moisture readings formatted to support your insurance claim, and we coordinate directly with your adjuster.
Shane Pruitt leads this operation, and he runs crews the way Neptune Beach homeowners expect: show up inside the window, do it by the book, leave the site clean, stand behind the work for a full year.
Restoration work we handle






Smoke Damage Restoration in Neptune Beach
Smoke damage restoration in Neptune Beach is the process of removing soot, smoke residue, and odor from every surface a fire touched – drywall, framing, ductwork, cabinetry, and the air itself. It’s the most common fire-related job we do here, and it starts with a full scope: we identify where smoke traveled, what it settled into, and what can be cleaned versus what needs replacement.
In Neptune Beach, smoke damage restoration typically runs $2,200 to $6,800 depending on square footage and how far smoke migrated through the structure. A kitchen fire contained to one room sits at the lower end. Smoke that traveled through the attic or into ductwork pushes higher.
Thermal Fogging and Odor Neutralization
Salt-laden air in Neptune Beach holds smoke particles differently than dry inland air. We use thermal fogging and hydroxyl generators to break down odor molecules rather than just masking them. On older beach bungalows, we also check floor drains and lower-level bonus rooms – smoke settles low, and those spaces trap residue that most contractors never find.
Soot Removal From Painted and Raw Surfaces
Soot bonds fast to the semi-gloss and flat paints common in 1960s Neptune Beach homes. We use dry-chem sponges on raw surfaces and wet-cleaning methods on painted trim and ceilings. The goal is restoring, not repainting – but we’ll tell you honestly when repainting is the cheaper, better fix.
Fire Damage Repair in Neptune Beach
Fire damage repair in Neptune Beach means the structural work after mitigation: replacing charred framing, drywall, insulation, flooring, and any components fire compromised. It also includes the finish work that returns the home to pre-loss condition – trim, paint, doors, and cabinetry.
Fire damage repair pricing in Neptune Beach runs $6,000 to $24,000 for typical single-room fires and can exceed $40,000 when fire spread through the attic or multiple rooms. We never quote a fire damage repair price without seeing the structure. The written scope you get before work starts itemizes every line.
Structural Drying After Fire Suppression
Fire suppression water soaks into older concrete block walls that lack moisture barriers. If drying is delayed, mold can begin on wet drywall within 24 to 48 hours. Our crews run Dri-Eaz and Phoenix dehumidifiers with air movers positioned by psychrometric readings, not guesswork. We track moisture daily and document everything for your claim.
Corrosion-Resistant Hardware Replacement
After a fire, we routinely find garage-door springs, hinges, and tracks that seized from years of salt-air corrosion. Fire heat accelerates the failure. We swap in stainless hardware and coated springs as part of the repair scope, because replacing a fire-damaged garage door with the same rust-prone parts would violate the 365-Day Done Right Promise.
Trusted Brands We Service in Neptune Beach
Neptune Beach homeowners run Chamberlain, LiftMaster, Genie, and older Craftsman garage door systems, and we service them all with local parts on hand. If your opener chain or tracks were compromised by fire or corrosion, we stock the common replacement components for these brands and can source what we don’t carry within one day. Fast turnaround matters when a garage door is stuck shut and your own car is trapped inside.
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AfterCommon Fire Damage Restoration Problems We See in Neptune Beach Homes
- Salt-corroded garage hardware seizing after a fire. In Neptune Beach, where many homes sit on low-lying coastal terrain just blocks from the Atlantic, salt-laden air corrodes garage-door springs, hinges, rollers, and tracks years faster than inland. After a fire, we routinely find hardware so pitted and seized that the garage door cannot open for ventilation until we replace the components.
- Fire suppression water trapped in block walls. 1950s-1980s concrete block homes here often lack modern moisture barriers. Water from firefighting soaks into wall cavities and behind bottom plates, and if drying is delayed, mold begins within two days. Moisture mapping is standard on every fire job we run in Neptune Beach.
- Smoke settling into flood-prone lower spaces. Many garages and bonus rooms in the older beachside sections flood through floor drains during king tides or heavy rain. After a fire, smoke residue settles into those same drains and low cavities, hidden below vinyl flooring and behind baseboards. Without a thermal camera and moisture meter, that soot and moisture stay undetected.
- Neighbor proximity during fire cleanup. Tightly packed beach lots mean your neighbor’s wall is sometimes eight feet from yours. Containment and negative air pressure aren’t optional here. We set up containment chambers before disturbing soot, so smoke residue doesn’t migrate into the bungalow next door.
Pricing for Fire Damage Restoration in Neptune Beach, FL
Here’s what you can expect to pay in Neptune Beach right now. Smoke damage cleanup runs $2,200 to $6,800. Soot removal from a single room runs $900 to $2,400. Structural fire repair runs $6,000 to $24,000 for a typical single-room fire. Full fire damage restoration – mitigation plus rebuild – runs $12,000 to $38,000 and up depending on square footage. What moves the price: how far smoke traveled, whether we’re replacing drywall or just cleaning it, and how much structural framing the fire compromised. Every Neptune Beach job starts with a free on-site assessment and a written scope of loss before any work begins. Call (904) 664-5108 for an exact quote on your Neptune Beach home.
We Also Serve Cities Near Neptune Beach
Beyond Neptune Beach, our crews run fire damage restoration in Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach, Ponte Vedra Beach, and Jacksonville. If your fire happened in one of those communities, the same written pricing and 365-Day Done Right Promise applies. We respond fast across the whole Beaches corridor.
Serving Neptune Beach, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Neptune Beach 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 Neptune Beach
Salt-laden coastal air corrodes garage-door springs, hinges, and rollers years faster than inland, and fire heat accelerates the process. That means after a fire, your garage door may be seized shut even if flames never touched it. We replace corroded hardware with stainless components and coated springs as part of the restoration scope. Call (904) 664-5108 and we’ll assess your garage during the initial walkthrough.
We set up containment chambers with negative air pressure before we disturb any soot or smoke residue. In Neptune Beach, where homes often sit just a few feet apart, this prevents smoke odor and particulates from migrating into the home next door. Exhaust is filtered and vented away from neighboring structures.
We run moisture mapping with thermal imaging and penetrating meters on every block wall, not just the walls that look wet. Readings are logged daily while Dri-Eaz dehumidifiers and air movers run. We keep drying until the numbers return to the pre-loss baseline we captured at the start. That process is documented and formatted for your insurance adjuster.
Yes. Many Neptune Beach garages and lower-level bonus rooms flood through floor drains during normal king tides, so after a fire, that’s exactly where fire suppression water collects. We check behind bottom plates and under vinyl flooring in those areas with moisture meters. Hidden water in those cavities grows mold fast. Our scope of loss includes those checks as standard, not as an add-on.
In most cases, we pack out garage contents to give you access to the walls and floor where fire damage and water intrusion happened. Items that can be restored get cleaned and stored off-site. Items too far gone get documented with photos for your claim. We never throw anything out without your written sign-off. Call (904) 664-5108 to schedule a walkthrough.
Written by Shane Pruitt, Owner at Keegan Restoration Jacksonville, serving Neptune Beach with fire damage restoration backed by The Garrison Standard and the 365-Day Done Right Promise.