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 Lake Highlands
A kitchen fire in an L Streets brick ranch moves fast. So do we. Fire damage restoration in Lake Highlands runs $2,800 – $8,500 for typical single-room fires, and our crews are on-site within 60 – 90 minutes for emergency board-up and water extraction. That speed matters here because firefighting water soaks into 1950s – 70s pier-and-beam crawlspaces fast, and mold follows within 48 hours. We know this housing stock. We know the clay soil under it. Call (254) 857-5210 and a live person answers, day or night.

Shane Pruitt leads our Dallas-Fort Worth crews, and every Lake Highlands job runs to The Garrison Standard: written price before work starts, background-checked technicians in uniform, and a 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing on every repair. No phone trees. No price changes at the door. Just a crew that shows up inside the window we gave you and does the job by the book.
Why Keegan Restoration Dallas Is Lake Highlands’s Preferred Fire Damage Restoration Company
Lake Highlands homeowners have a specific fear after a fire: the restoration crew will tear out original materials and leave the structure worse than they found it. We hear it on every call. Our answer is the written scope. Before any work begins, you get a line-item plan, a firm price, and a one-year guarantee in writing. That’s The Garrison Standard, and it’s the reason homeowners across Lake Highlands, Richardson, and Far North Dallas let our crews inside.
Our local reputation is built on the unglamorous stuff: showing up on time, documenting every step for the insurance claim, and leaving the site clean. Homeowners in the L Streets, White Rock Valley, and Lake Highlands Estates call us because we answer the phone with a live person at 2 a.m., not a callback queue. Dispatch and scheduling are coordinated from the brand’s Dallas-Fort Worth office; crews serve Lake Highlands locally with equipment already staged for this part of town.
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Fire Damage Restoration Company in Lake Highlands
Fire Damage Restoration Company work in Lake Highlands is rarely just about the burn damage. The fire itself is what you saw. What you didn’t see is what our scope of loss has to catch. In a 1960s brick ranch off Plano Road, fire suppression water seeps through the floor, saturates the clay soil beneath, and shifts piers that have been settling for 60 years. The charred framing is one line item. The foundation stabilization underneath it is another. A typical response here runs $3,000 – $9,000 depending on how far the water traveled and how much structural movement we find.
Emergency Board-Up and Structural Stabilization
Board-up in Lake Highlands runs $400 – $900, and we do it the same day you call. For older brick runs on pier-and-beam foundations, we inspect the crawlspace before we quote stabilization, because the fire didn’t cause all the settlement we find. Expansive clay soil has been moving these slabs for decades. When fire suppression water adds to that, the new cracks are worse than the old ones.
Structural Cleaning and Rebuild Scope
After containment and extraction, we document what’s salvageable and what isn’t. On 1950s – 70s brick ranch homes, the original framing is often denser and more fire-resistant than modern lumber, so salvage rates run higher. We’ll tell you that straight, because our job is to get you back to pre-loss condition, not to sell a full gut when a full gut isn’t needed.
Smoke Damage Restoration in Lake Highlands
Smoke Damage Restoration in Lake Highlands means opening walls that look fine from the outside. Original brick veneer from the 1960s hides smoke that traveled through wall cavities and settled in attic insulation and crawlspace wood. We moisture-map every cavity and use thermal imaging on masonry walls, because skipping that step leaves soot behind the brick, and you smell it every time the HVAC kicks on. Smoke and soot cleanup in Lake Highlands typically runs $1,500 – $4,200 including deodorization and sealant.
Soot and Odor Removal from Older Building Materials
Brick, plaster, and original oak flooring hold smoke differently than drywall and laminate. We use desiccant drying and HEPA air scrubbing to pull particulate out of porous materials, then seal what can’t be cleaned. For attics in older Lake Highlands homes, we treat the roof decking, because smoke rises and settles in the highest point of the house. That’s a step a lot of crews skip, and it’s the step that brings the smell back weeks later.
Attic and Crawlspace Decontamination
Fire smoke travels through chase ways, wall cavities, and the HVAC ducts. In pier-and-beam houses, it settles in the crawlspace and gets drawn back up through gaps in the subfloor. We clean and treat crawlspace framing, replace insulation where smoke embedded, and document all of it with photos formatted to support your claim. Your adjuster sees exactly what we saw.

Trusted Brands We Service in Lake Highlands
Every Lake Highlands fire job runs on professional-grade equipment, not rental-store gear. We use Dri-Eaz desiccant dehumidifiers and Phoenix axial air movers for structural drying, and Injectidry systems for wall cavities and hard-to-reach framing. Our technicians work in compliance with IICRC, RIA, and IFA industry standards, and every job includes full photo documentation. For Lake Highlands homeowners, that means faster drying times, fewer return visits, and a claim file that’s ready for your adjuster without you chasing paperwork.
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AfterCommon Fire Damage Restoration Problems We See in Lake Highlands Homes
- Fire hidden behind 1950s – 70s brick veneer. Thermal imaging gets skipped on older masonry walls, and soot lingers in wall cavities. We moisture-map and image every cavity before we call a job dry.
- Firefighting water trapped in pier-and-beam crawlspaces. The flat lots and clay soil in the L Streets hold water against original wood subfloors. Mold starts within 48 hours if extraction doesn’t start fast.
- Settled slabs and shifted piers after fire suppression saturates the clay soil. The ground swells and moves, reopening old cracks. Stabilization has to be in the scope or your rebuild fails later.
- Compromised cast iron drain lines from original construction. Fire heat and the water used to fight it stress 60-year-old cast iron. We inspect the lines before we rebuild over them.
Pricing for Fire Damage Restoration in Lake Highlands, TX
Here’s the honest math for Lake Highlands. Emergency board-up and tarping runs $400 – $900. Water extraction and structural drying after fire suppression runs $1,200 – $3,500 depending on crawlspace depth and how far water traveled. Soot and smoke cleanup runs $1,500 – $4,200. Structural repair and rebuild runs $3,000 – $12,000 for typical single-room fires, and higher when foundation work or full crawlspace framing is involved. The write-up is free, the scope is in writing before work starts, and the price doesn’t move at the door. Call (254) 857-5210 for an exact quote.
We Also Serve Cities Near Lake Highlands
Our crews cover the full northeast Dallas corridor. We run Fire Damage Restoration jobs in Dallas, Garland, Richardson, and Far North Dallas with the same written-scope standard we bring to every Fire Damage Restoration in Lake Highlands project. If you’re a few miles out, call anyway; dispatch is fast and the estimate is free.
Serving Lake Highlands, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Lake Highlands 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 Lake Highlands
Pier-and-beam homes hold firefighting water under the floor, where it feeds mold on original wood subfloors within 48 hours. Slab homes drain water outward but crack from clay soil movement. Your 1960s ranch likely needs crawlspace extraction, structural drying, and a pier inspection before rebuild ever starts. Call (254) 857-5210 and we’ll walk the scope with you in plain language before anything is signed.
Yes, and we’ll tell you exactly what’s salvageable before we touch it. Original oak flooring, plaster, and brick veneer from the 1950s – 70s survive fire surprisingly well when dried fast and sealed properly. The written scope lists every material we keep and every material we replace, line by line, with a price attached.
Yes, significantly. The expansive clay under Lake Highlands shifts when fire suppression water soaks into the ground, causing new slab cracks and pier settlement. Stabilization has to be part of the original scope, not a change order later. We inspect the foundation before we rebuild on it. Call (254) 857-5210 for a free assessment that includes the foundation check.
Within 24 – 48 hours. After that window, mold establishes in crawlspace wood and behind baseboards, especially in Lake Highlands’s humid summers. We dispatch within 60 – 90 minutes for emergency extraction, and our Dri-Eaz and Phoenix equipment pulls water out of cavities before mold has time to take hold.
Yes. We treat roof decking, attic insulation, and crawlspace framing for smoke and soot, then seal porous surfaces so the smell doesn’t return. This is the step most missed on older homes, and it’s the step that keeps the smoke odor out of your house permanently. Our documentation is formatted for your adjuster from day one.
If a fire just happened in your Lake Highlands home, call now. Shane Pruitt and the Keegan Restoration Dallas crews know these brick ranches, the pier-and-beam crawlspaces, and the clay soil underneath them. You get a written price before any work starts, a live person on the phone at any hour, and a 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing on every repair. Call (254) 857-5210 for a free estimate and an honest conversation about what your house actually needs.
Written by Shane Pruitt, Owner at Keegan Restoration Dallas, serving Lake Highlands and the greater Dallas area.