With February’s bad weather many homes and businesses suffered water damage. And I know everyone wants their property repaired as quickly as possible, but I would like to ask that you have some patience. With the amount of damage that took place it is expected that the cost will exceed the cost of the damage Harvey caused. There are still homes being put together from that storm. Now I don’t think it will take as long to do the repairs simply because the damage is different, but I do believe it could take up to 2 years to get all the damage repaired.
Here again when scheduling repairs have patience and use good common sense when selecting people to work on your home. Check out your contractors making sure they have an office, insurance and a track record of doing this type of work. Get the insurance certificate from the insurance company - not the contractors copy - just to make sure it is in effect. I really want to encourage you to ask them to carry workers compensation insurance just in case someone gets hurt while working on your property.
If you will be filing an insurance claim please keep in mind that in most cases, you are responsible for the repair of the pipe itself (which is the cheap part of the job) and the insurance company is responsible for access to the damage and repair of the damage. And it may seem funny to you to list it as access to the damage, but to access damage to replace wet insulation, for instance, may require going through good drywall. That good drywall will have to come down in order to put in new insulation. And if you do have open walls please make sure to insulate any pipes you can see; you never know when the next cold weather will hit us.
