what type of repairs are usually made to a house that caught fire inside?

Answer 1

you may be asking this question if you are buying a house and you think there was a fire in th e past.IF that is why, a very big clue is paint where there is normally not paint. rafters, floor joists, the framing you can see from the basement or crawl space. These are painted to hide the scortch on members that were heated up or suffered smoke damage or just to mask the smell which is a dead give away.
Locallized structural repairs would take the form of doubled or rewplaced framing members that dont have anything to do with remodelling

Answer 2

Ooooooh boy, do I know something about this subject. But your question is a little bit like asking "how long is a piece of string" because it depends on the individual home, and the contents of it. When we had our fire (which started in the kitchen) the whole kitchen was wiped out. The heat from the fire did various levels of damage over a wider area adjacent to the kitchen. Thanks to speedy action, the fire itself was put out well before it could burn the house down. But the billowing, thick, toxic black smoke then pervaded almost every corner of the rest of the house, and when the cost was equated , it was the smoke damage that ultimately became about two thirds of the whole tally for the repairs and replacements.
We, thankfully, had excellent insurance, which covered the expense of everything including an expert evaluation of the full extent of the damage, and for the person who goes through this experience, and has somewhat lesser insurance cover, my advice would be to definitely make sure you get that professional evaluation, because as things move along you will make discoveries, resulting from the fire, that were not immediately picked up on, in places you never dreamed of. A professional will know where to find them.

Answer 3

I do restoration and the list is long. Water usually messes up as much or more than the fire. For a kitchen fire it is usually, countertops and cabinets, flooring, wiring(depending on the damage), Kilz (oil base) and paint. Every job is different so it's hard to say.

Answer 4

If its an insurance claim then every thing to bring it back to the original condition that it was prior to the fire including smoke damage to rooms not directly affected

Answer 5

Other than structural...I would think wiring would be a main concern.