Clashes over covering smoke damage have become a growing issue in ... s exterior and clean all of the surfaces — everything from walls and floors to inside cabinet drawers.

“For walls you absolutely need proper PPE ... “One big mistake people make is just painting over smoke damage without proper cleaning and priming,” she says. Also, “Never start with ...

The fire started on a back deck and spread to an exterior wall at a home on Fairacres ... the fire spread to the attic and caused smoke and water damage to the inside of the house.

They argue that the insurance provider operated in bad faith and broke its contract by not fully investigating their claims of smoke damage or paying for repairs. SACRAMENTO, California — A ...

Yet, she says, the Fair Plan has failed to properly investigate or pay for any remediation of the soot, ash and smoke damage. "We sort of celebrated thinking that we we were in this really lucky ...