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After a fire, flood, or mold event, most families assume their damaged belongings are gone for good. In many cases, they’re wrong. Professional contents restoration can save electronics, furniture, documents, clothing, and family heirlooms that appear ruined — using techniques and equipment that most people don’t know exist.
Our IICRC-certified contents restoration team has recovered belongings from thousands of San Diego disasters. We assess every item, apply the right cleaning method for the damage type and material, and return restored belongings to your home in better condition than families expect. Contents restoration is almost always less expensive than replacement — and for irreplaceable items, it’s the only option.
Our services are available 24/7 throughout San Diego County. The sooner contents restoration begins, the more we can save.
Standard cleaning can’t do what professional contents restoration does. The equipment and techniques we use at our facility go far beyond what any cleaning service or dry cleaner can offer.
Ultrasonic cleaning uses high-frequency sound waves to remove contamination from electronics, jewelry, and delicate items without disassembly or abrasion. Freeze-drying pulls moisture from water-damaged documents and photographs while preserving ink and paper structure — saving items that would otherwise curl, mold, and fall apart within days. Ozone treatment neutralizes smoke odors at the molecular level rather than masking them. Thermal cleaning removes stubborn residues from surfaces that chemical cleaners can’t safely touch.
The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification sets the standards our contents restoration specialists train to — ensuring our techniques are proven, current, and appropriate for each damage type and material.
Our blog post on saving electronics and textiles after a fire explains the science behind several of these methods in plain language.
Contents restoration capabilities cover nearly every category of household belongings — and our approach changes based on what each item is made of and what damaged it.
Electronics and Technology: Computers, laptops, televisions, mobile devices, gaming systems, and audio equipment go through disassembly, component cleaning, corrosion treatment, and full functionality testing. Data recovery is part of the process for computers and phones. Our clean-room environment protects sensitive components during treatment.
Documents and Photographs: Freeze-drying is the standard for water-damaged papers and photos. We also offer digital scanning to create permanent backup copies before or after physical contents restoration — so even if physical recovery has limits, the information survives.
Clothing and Textiles: Smoke odor removal, controlled drying, antimicrobial treatment, and professional cleaning address everything from everyday clothing to designer garments, leather goods, antique textiles, and upholstery. Our facility has specialized washing equipment and controlled drying environments that commercial laundries don’t offer.
Furniture and Antiques: Wood furniture contents restoration covers water damage, smoke contamination, and heat damage through refinishing and structural repair. Upholstered pieces get fabric cleaning, frame repair, and cushion treatment. Antique furniture receives conservation techniques that preserve historical value alongside damage remediation.
If you’re wondering what’s worth trying to save, our blog post on what personal belongings can be recovered from a fire and items that can be recovered from water damage are good starting points.
Every contents restoration project follows the same structured process — one built for accuracy, accountability, and the best possible recovery rate.
We evaluate each item for damage type, material sensitivity, and restoration feasibility. We’re upfront about what can and can’t be saved.
Every item is photographed, described, and assigned a tracking number before anything leaves your property. This documentation also supports your insurance claim throughout the process.
Items are treated using the method matched to their material and damage type. Electronics go through ultrasonic cleaning. Water-damaged documents go through freeze-drying. Smoke-saturated textiles go through ozone and thermal treatment. Furniture receives surface-specific refinishing and decontamination. Nothing gets a one-size-fits-all approach.
Cleaned items are stored in our climate-controlled facility with 24/7 security monitoring until your home is ready. Temperature and humidity are managed to prevent any secondary damage during extended storage.
Every item goes through a final inspection — functionality testing for electronics, odor evaluation for textiles and furniture, and appearance assessment for all contents — before being cleared for return.
We return restored items to your home carefully and place them where they belong. Families often tell us the results exceed what they expected.
Our contents pack restoration page provides more detail on how the overall pack-out and restoration process works together.
Contents restoration needs vary significantly depending on what caused the damage.
Fire damage requires the fastest response — soot is acidic and degrades surfaces continuously. The EPA’s guidance on indoor air quality after fires makes clear why fire-contaminated materials need professional treatment, not just surface cleaning. Water damage contents restoration focuses on speed too — mold begins developing within 24-48 hours on wet materials, and our post on how long mold takes to grow after water damage explains the exact timeline.
Smoke damage from wildfires is a major issue in San Diego, specifically — fine particles from regional fires penetrate deep into materials throughout homes that were never near the flames. Mold-affected items require containment protocols during contents restoration to prevent spore spread. Storm damage often combines multiple damage types that each require different treatment approaches.
Our contents restoration team serves all of San Diego County with pickup and delivery capabilities tailored to each area.
Coastal communities including Oceanside, Carlsbad, Encinitas, and Del Mar see salt air accelerate corrosion on metals and electronics — fast contents restoration response is especially important in these areas. North County inland areas including Escondido and Poway face wildfire smoke exposure that requires full decontamination of contents even when the structure itself wasn’t directly burned.
East County communities including El Cajon, La Mesa, and Santee receive the same fast response with logistics planned around canyon terrain. South Bay coverage includes Chula Vista and National City. Premium communities in La Jolla and Rancho Bernardo get specialized handling for fine art, luxury furniture, and high-value electronics.
See our service areas page for full coverage details.
Leaving belongings in a home during major restoration isn’t just inconvenient — it’s risky. Restoration crews need full access to walls, floors, and ceilings. Dust, debris, and cleaning chemicals circulate through the air. Soot and moisture continue affecting surfaces that haven’t been cleaned yet.
Items left in place during fire or water restoration often sustain more damage from the restoration process itself than from the original event. That means higher replacement costs, more complex insurance claims, and losing things that could have been saved with timely pack out services.
Our blog posts on items that can be recovered from water damage and what to do after a disaster explain the recovery window in detail.
Every hour after a disaster, damage to your belongings gets harder to reverse. Don’t assume something is gone before a professional has looked at it.
Contact our contents restoration specialists now. Our certified team is available 24/7 throughout San Diego County — ready to assess, restore, and return what matters most to your family.
Contact Christian Brothers at (619) 901-1922 for immediate flood damage cleanup services throughout San Diego County.
We offer a full suite of restoration services across San Diego County—all performed by our in-house team of licensed, bonded, and IICRC-certified professionals.
Water damage removal, water extraction, flood damage removal, and structural dry out services.
Facility inspection and detection using state of the art technology and thorough remediation.
We employ contents specialists to protect, restore and store your possessions.
The expertise to reconstruct your home or business better than its original state.
Our fire restoration repair team provides the highest quality fire damage restoration
