Water and Fire Damage Restoration Cost, Salt Lake City

What water and fire damage restoration costs

Nobody can price a restoration job from a website, including us. What we can do is show the published national ranges with their sources, and what tends to move a Salt Lake job toward one end. The company that looks at the damage puts your price in writing.

Updated October 29, 2026 · Sources listed at the end

Water damage

Item	Published range	Source
Typical restoration job	$1,200 to $5,000, $3,000 average	Fixr, Jan 2025
Typical restoration job	$1,305 to $5,707, $3,455 average	Bob Vila, May 2023
Extraction, clean water, per sq ft	$3.75 to $4.25	Fixr
Extraction, gray water, per sq ft	$4.10 to $6.50	Fixr
Extraction, black water (sewage), per sq ft	$7 to $7.50	Fixr
Bathroom	$500 to $4,500	Fixr
Kitchen	$1,750 to $8,000	Fixr
Basement	$2,000 to $85,000	Fixr

Fire and smoke

Item	Published range	Source
Fire damage restoration, typical job	$3,000 to $40,000, $11,900 average	Fixr, Jan 2025
Per square foot	$4 to $6.50 per square foot	Fixr
Smoke damage cleanup	$200 to $1,200	Fixr
Soot cleanup	$400 to $1,700	Fixr
Thermal fogging	$200 to $550 per floor	Fixr
Ozone treatment	$300 to $600 per floor	Fixr
Rebuild after fire	about $50 per square foot	Fixr

National published figures, not Salt Lake City averages and not a quote. Fixr's fire page lists a lower "national average" in its summary box than in its text; we use the text figure for a multi-room job.

What moves a Salt Lake job up the range

A finished basement. Fixr's basement range runs to $2,000 to $85,000 because finished space means carpet and drywall below grade, and sometimes a bathroom.
Sewage. Black water roughly doubles the per-foot extraction price, and porous materials it touched come out.
Time. A pipe that ran all night while the family was away costs more than one caught in ten minutes.
Older houses. About 30% of homes in our 34 ZIP codes were built before 1980 (Census ACS 2020-2024). Old plaster and decades of remodels add surprises behind the wall.
Rebuild work. Drying is a few thousand dollars on most jobs. The rebuild can be several times that, and in Utah it needs a licensed contractor once it reaches $7,000.

What moves it down

Shutting the water off fast and calling the same day.
Dry air: outdoor humidity averages 26% in July, which helps exposed materials dry.
An unfinished basement with a concrete floor.
Clean water from a supply line rather than a drain.

Questions Salt Lake homeowners ask

How much does water damage restoration cost in Salt Lake City?

Fixr lists water damage restoration at $1,200 to $5,000, with a $3,000 national average. Bob Vila gives $1,305 to $5,707. Clean water from a supply line costs less to extract per square foot ($3.75 to $4.25) than sewage ($7 to $7.50). A finished basement can run far higher: Fixr puts basement water damage at $2,000 to $85,000. Rebuilding is extra.

How much does fire damage restoration cost?

Fixr puts most fire damage restoration jobs at $3,000 to $40,000, with an $11,900 average for a multi-room job, or $4 to $6.50 per square foot. Smoke cleanup alone runs $200 to $1,200 and soot cleanup $400 to $1,700. Rebuilding burned rooms is extra, about $50 per square foot by Fixr's figure.

Why do two restoration quotes differ so much?

Usually because they cover different scopes: one includes the rebuild, one doesn't; one bills drying per piece of equipment per day, one bundles it. Compare them line by line. Our guide to checking a quote walks through it.