How Can a St. Lucie Homeowner Assess the Cost of Fire Damage Restoration?

12/27/2021 (Permalink)

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SERVPRO Considers Issues Like Type of Fire, Its Effects on Utilities and Content Handling 

When you look around your St. Lucie property after a fire incident, you might feel confused about the level of damage and the cost that might be incurred fixing it. Accurate estimates are essential since overestimating or underestimating complicates the restoration.

One way to simplify the estimation of fire damage restoration for your St. Lucie home is calling a professional like SERVPRO as soon as the fire is out. That way, all issues can be addressed while still fresh, thus simplifying the evaluation. 

Some of the factors that matter when estimating fire costs include:

• Whether restoration requires content move out
• Whether utilities like heating and water are affected
• Whether the fire was smoldering or scorching

Knowing the individual aspects that influence costs is essential, especially if you want to participate in key decision-making during each stage of the restoration of your property. 

Some issues, such as whether a fire is scorching, may seem insignificant in influencing cost. However, the type of residues leftover from combustion are affected by the level of heat involved. Scorching fires leave dry, easy-to-clean residues. Smoldering fires produce wet residues that require extra cleaning resources or even stripping down soiled materials, thus costing more. Our SERVPRO technicians evaluate your entire property to determine the percentage of wet or dry smoke residues left.

Fire damage interferes with many of the utilities in a property, so your house may be without running water, electricity, and heating. Again this may not seem like a major issue since the damage might have already forced you to move out. However, these utilities play a role in restoration. Electricity is necessary for running many of the equipment needed to demolish, clean, and dry your property. If there is no power, the restorer has to find alternatives such as gas-powered equipment or portable power generators. Finding options increases the cost. Fortunately, we maintain a large inventory of generators.

SERVPRO of Port St. Lucie NE prefers starting fire damage restoration from an informed perspective so that we resolve any issue "Like it never even happened." Call us at (772) 266-2350.