When flames or smoke damage tear through a Austin home or business, every hour matters. Our local response teams are built to move fast and work clean.

Meridian Smoke Damage built its Austin operation around one problem: most restoration companies take too long to show up. We keep trucks staged near Austin so a technician can be inspecting your property, not still driving across town, within the critical first hours after a fire.
Our 78749 78748 78741 78742 78745 78744 78747 78746 78717 78712 78719 78617 78739 78735 78736 78730 78731 78732 78733 78705 78704 78701 78703 78702 78758 78759 78752 78753 78750 78751 78756 78757 78754 78652 78723 78722 78721 78727 78726 78725 78724 78729 78728 73301 73344 78651 78708 78709 78710 78711 78713 78714 78715 78718 78720 78755 78760 78761 78762 78763 78765 78766 78767 78768 78772 78773 78774 78778 78779 78783 78799 78734 78737 78738 service radius around Austin means shorter response windows and technicians who already know local building codes, permit offices, and the insurance adjusters who work this area regularly.
We're bonded, insured, and licensed to perform fire damage mitigation and reconstruction in Austin, TX, and we put that scope of work in writing before a single wall gets opened up.
Bonded, insured, and licensed to work throughout Austin, TX.
A live technician answers, day or night, holidays included.
Fire, smoke, and odor certifications, not general handyman training.
Paperwork and photo documentation built for adjuster review.

Odor that hangs around 24 hours after the fire trucks leave usually means soot has already worked into drywall, insulation, and HVAC ductwork.
Black or yellow streaking near vents and ceilings signals airborne soot circulated through the whole structure, not just the room where the fire started.
Firefighting water combined with heat can warp flooring and cabinetry within a day if drying doesn't start immediately.
Smoke residue is acidic — hardware, appliances, and electronics can start pitting or corroding within 48 hours if untreated.
Airborne particulates from smoke residue can trigger respiratory irritation long after visible flames are gone.
Delayed mitigation is one of the most common reasons Austin, TX fire claims get partially denied.
Waiting even a single extra day tends to compound every one of these problems at once — odor sets deeper, soot becomes more corrosive, and materials that were salvageable on day one may not be by day three.
Same-day board-up, roof tarping, and standing-water removal so the loss doesn't spread while you wait on the adjuster.
HEPA vacuuming, dry-sponge cleaning, and thermal fogging tailored to Austin home construction and finishes.
Scoped for minimal downtime — phased restoration plans that let Austin businesses reopen sections early where it's safe to do so.
Drywall, framing, flooring, and finish carpentry to bring the space back to pre-loss condition, permitted and inspected.
Thermal fogging and ozone/hydroxyl treatment to eliminate smoke odor at the molecular level, not just mask it.
We separate salvageable contents from total losses early, so you're not paying to store or clean items that won't survive.
You call +1-866-484-1409 and speak to a live dispatcher, not a call center script.
We inspect the full scope — structure, contents, HVAC — before any work begins.
Board-up, extraction, soot removal, and odor treatment proceed according to the written scope.
Reconstruction wraps with a final walkthrough so you sign off before we consider the job complete.
Every estimate is written, itemized, and explained line by line before you approve anything.
Local dispatch means a technician can typically be on-site the same day you call.
We send documentation straight to your adjuster and answer their questions directly.
If a section of the scope isn't done right, we come back and fix it at no extra charge.

Every Austin job comes with a signed guarantee, not a sales pitch. If something in the agreed scope falls short, we fix it — no arguing, no upcharge, no excuses.
Change orders only happen with your written sign-off — the number we quote is the number you pay unless the scope itself changes.
Reconstruction work is guaranteed against defects for a full year after completion.
You'll get a single point of contact for the entire job, not a rotating cast of subcontractors.
Homeowners and Austin, TX property managers get the same guarantee regardless of job size — the standard for Fire Damage Removal work doesn't flex based on the invoice total.
"Our Austin kitchen fire happened late at night, and the crew still showed up fast, boarded up the window, and got water out of the kitchen before it reached the basement." — Homeowner, Austin
"We'd tried another company that just masked the smoke smell in our rental. Meridian Smoke Damage's fogging treatment actually eliminated it." — Property Manager, Austin, TX
"Insurance can be a headache, but this crew handled most of that conversation directly. Reconstruction finished in about six weeks with finish work better than the original." — Homeowner, Austin
"Our restaurant kitchen caught fire on a Friday night. Meridian Smoke Damage phased the restoration so we reopened the dining room in two weeks while the kitchen was still being rebuilt." — Business Owner, Austin
"Pricing was upfront from day one. No surprise charges showed up on the final invoice, which is more than I can say for the first contractor we called." — Homeowner, Austin, TX
"We never had an actual fire, just smoke migration from next door, but the crew treated our entire unit and fully eliminated the odor." — Tenant, Austin
In most cases within the hour, since crews are staged locally near 78749 78748 78741 78742 78745 78744 78747 78746 78717 78712 78719 78617 78739 78735 78736 78730 78731 78732 78733 78705 78704 78701 78703 78702 78758 78759 78752 78753 78750 78751 78756 78757 78754 78652 78723 78722 78721 78727 78726 78725 78724 78729 78728 73301 73344 78651 78708 78709 78710 78711 78713 78714 78715 78718 78720 78755 78760 78761 78762 78763 78765 78766 78767 78768 78772 78773 78774 78778 78779 78783 78799 78734 78737 78738 rather than dispatched from another city.
Always. You'll see an itemized written estimate before we touch anything on the property.
Board-up, tarping, water extraction, and initial soot mitigation are all available 24/7, including holidays.
Yes, we send documentation and photos directly to most major carriers and can speak with your adjuster.
Light odor treatment can finish in a day; whole-structure fogging and HVAC cleaning usually take two to four days.
Many items can be cleaned and restored through ultrasonic cleaning and ozone treatment; our team evaluates each item individually.
We're licensed, bonded, and insured to perform this work throughout Austin, TX.
It depends on the extent of the damage — localized fires may only require you to avoid the affected rooms.
As soon as the fire department clears the property — soot becomes harder to remove and odor sets in deeper with every passing hour.
Mitigation is the emergency stabilization phase; reconstruction is the rebuilding phase that follows once the scope is finalized.
We take on jobs of every size in Austin, from a contained kitchen fire to a full teardown-and-rebuild.
Yes, smoke and soot frequently travel through shared HVAC systems or hallways into units that never had flames.
We keep response times low across the Austin metro by staging equipment locally rather than relying on one central warehouse for the whole region.
