On Mar 30, 9:32*pm, "Ed Pawlowski" wrote:
"ransley" wrote in message

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* I had an apartment building fire with extensive smoke damage
affecting many apartments with smoke damage only. I have been told by
many contractors that when it is near 90f outside and humid the smoke
smell will re occur if it is not removed now.

*My question is *does smoke that travels through the walls come back
into the next apartments through the openings, and outlets , walls?
Do any of you have direct fire , smoke damage experiance, *and have
any ideas on *to how far a rebuild has to go? *Are there any Fire Pro
guys out there? . The job keeps looking worse!

*I dont want the insurance co to cut me short!!

I had some personal experience, but that was over 50 years ago. *Yes, the
smell can come back. *Cleaning technology has improved though, and they
should be able to make it undetectable.

You also need a good insurance adjuster. *They get 5% of your total claim,
but can get you a lot more money that you can negotiate yourself. *I know of
two examples where the insurance company offered little, but the adjuster
got lots for detail work, such as the cleaning you will need.
Restaurant fi *offer $24,000 *adjuster settlement $120,000
Industrial fi *Ins Co offer $1.2 million *adjuster settlement *$3
million+

I agree about the adjuster, the co I am using is doing that. Im just
worried about how the smoke traveled inside the walls and floors to
different apartments and if it can come back through the walls and
outlets etc.