Emergency Restoration
Emergency Restoration Services:
Water Mitigation/Restoration – In many cleaning and restoration situations, immediate action is needed. When a water damage loss or flood occurs to a property, time is of the essence. Even small delays in getting the mitigation and drying started can result in a substantial amount of additional damage, and associated cost, to the property. Insurance Companies have learned that the delays associated to waiting for an estimate only increases the overall damage to the property as well as the amount the insurance company ends up paying out in damages.
The property owner’s insurance policy typically includes a clause which places an obligation on the property owner to take action to mitigate further damages. This requires the property owner to protect the property from this further damage. In a water damage loss (pipe break, etc.) or flood, proper and timely drying and mitigation are considered necessary to stop secondary water damage. The water will continue to wick from wet building materials to dry materials, often in hidden locations such as inside wall cavities, etc., until there are no longer any dry materials thereby causing this secondary damage. Timely, professional mitigation initially slows and finally stops this process. If the property owner fails to mitigate a water loss in a timely manner, the Insurance Company can, and will, refuse to pay for any additional damage (secondary damage) caused by this delay. As a result, secondary property damage as a result of unnecessary delays while the property owner waits for price quotes could cost the property owner directly.
In addition to secondary water damage, Mold contamination is also a factor. Delaying mitigation, even less than a day in some cases, can result in the beginning of mold growth. Once mold begins to grow, costs can skyrocket, increasing the overall job costs by 4 to sometimes 10 times what would have been necessary prior to mold contamination. Prompt, professional, and timely drying and mitigation is essential to reducing costs when a water damage loss or flood occurs. Any delays, even delays associated to getting estimates, generally only increase the overall cost.
For these reasons your insurance company has made it your responsibility to take immediate action to mitigate secondary damage. The cost for this mitigation is your responsibility until it is then approved by your insurance company to be reimbursed to you after the fact. Call us as soon as possible to –
- Mitigate any secondary damage
- Estimate the extent of damage to facilitate interaction with your Insurance Adjuster
- Begin the process of getting your home and life back to normal.
We cover each situation listed below with its own steps and procedures. We can explain all we do. If you need us call us! We have kept our essential business clients open during a pandemic……we can help you.
- Water Mitigation/Restoration
- Fire and Smoke Mitigation/Restoration
- Bio-Hazard – To include Crime Scene Clean up / Hoarder Clean out / Covid-19 Sanitization
