Fire & smoke restoration
After the fire, someone has to put the home back.
Built Solid rebuilds fire- and smoke-damaged homes in Crystal Lake and nearby communities — structural reconstruction, smoke restoration, and insurance scopes documented in Xactimate, the format your adjuster already works in.
What we do
The reconstruction side of a fire loss.
- Reconstruction of fire- and smoke-damaged rooms, systems, and whole homes
- Smoke and soot restoration on the structure: cleaning, sealing, refinishing
- Insurance-ready scopes: photo documentation and Xactimate-format estimates
- One contractor from make-safe handoff through punch-list closeout
What we're not
Not the emergency truck.
- Not an emergency mitigation dispatch — we start after the property is stabilized
- Not water-damage extraction or structural drying — we don't chase water losses
- Not public adjusters — we document and price the construction scope; coverage decisions stay between you and your carrier
Mitigation stabilizes the property. We take it from there — through demolition, structure, trades, finishes, and closeout.
Restoration by scope
Rebuild, restore, and keep the claim clean.
Each page explains the project fit, the planning questions, and how the work moves — without pretending every loss looks the same.
Fire Damage Reconstruction
Structural repairs and full rebuilds after a fire — framing, systems coordination, drywall, finishes, and closeout.
See how it worksSmoke & Soot Damage Restoration
Smoke and soot restoration on the structure — cleaning, stain-block sealing, refinishing, and replace-vs-restore decisions.
See how it worksInsurance Claims & Xactimate Estimates
Photo-documented scopes and Xactimate-format estimates, from a contractor who spent eight years inside the restoration industry.
See how it worksWhy a remodeler belongs here
Eight years inside the restoration industry.
Before Built Solid, our ownership spent eight years in emergency restoration — working losses, carriers, and adjusters daily. Reconstruction is where that claims fluency meets a remodeling operation that finishes homes like renovations, not patches.
See the remodeling operation behind the rebuilds- 01
Eight years of emergency restoration field work before Built Solid — inside the industry that shows up while the roof is still steaming
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Working fluency with carriers and adjusters: what a defensible scope looks like and how supplements get approved instead of argued
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Xactimate-format line-item estimates — priced in the system your adjuster already works in
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A remodeling operation on the rebuild side, so the home is finished like a renovation, not patched like a claim
Project discipline
A fire loss deserves the same discipline as any build.
Written scope
The proposal identifies what is included, the working assumptions, and the responsibilities on both sides.
Existing conditions first
We review the room or property before treating a generic package price or schedule as meaningful.
Trade boundaries identified
Known permit, engineering, and qualified-trade dependencies are surfaced during planning and documented.
Changes in writing
If the agreed scope changes, the effect on work, price, or sequence is discussed before the added work proceeds.
Closeout review
The finished work is reviewed against the written scope with a project punch list before closeout.
Fire and smoke restoration in Crystal Lake and nearby communities.
Tell us where the property is and where the claim stands — mitigation done, estimate in hand, or still sorting it out — and we'll explain the next useful step.
Cities we serve
Start the review
Where does the loss stand today?
Whether mitigation just wrapped or the carrier's estimate has been sitting on the counter for a month, the next step is the same: walk the property, document the scope, and price it in the format the claim already speaks.
Prefer the phone? Call (847) 865-9233 and tell us it's a fire loss.