House fire recommendations

[Aaron Sallade]

Any recommendations / advise on pursuing a full scrape vs. mitigating damages after a house fire?  Also, any recommendations for rehab contractors in the Fort Collins area?

[David Krulac]

One property we bought had a bad fire years earlier. Even with holes/tarp on roof and plywood over windows, the place still smelled like smoke.  We hired a remediation company, who recommended that we strip all the drywall/plaster from the walls to treat the smoke smell within the wall cavities.  If we treated the interior of the walls, the smoke smell might revive during some 90 degree day in July.