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re: Advice for flooded home due to pipe burst
Posted on 2/18/21 at 12:23 pm to KemoSabe65
Posted on 2/18/21 at 12:23 pm to KemoSabe65
We took some out and confirmed the wrap is not asbestos - just looks like it because of the age.
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Posted on 2/18/21 at 12:40 pm to stout
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Stout
One of my buddies used a local servpro for mitigation about 6 months ago and had a great experience. I wonder if the local franchise will be better than the ones dropping in from out of state? Not many options right now.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 12:45 pm to Azazello
There’s some good advice on the first page, haven’t read through the rest. But have tried using a roll of Bounty?
Posted on 2/18/21 at 1:01 pm to Azazello
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One of my buddies used a local servpro for mitigation about 6 months ago and had a great experience.
I used a local one a few months ago. I wouldn’t say it was a great experience, but they weren’t horrible either. I had already done most of the work of pulling carpets back, putting dehumidifiers and fans out, and they still billed my insurance around $1500. That kind of losses me off, but supposedly insurance has to have some type of certificate or something from them attesting to all the moisture being mitigated. Sounded like a racket to me, but I’d imagine most people don’t take the steps I did.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 1:11 pm to The Spleen
A lot of customers I deal with think mitigation companies are a racket. They charge you/your insurance company for fans/dehus to dry while most of the time using your electricity. They just set the fans up and it’s like $30-$40 per day for a fan and more for a dehu. Then they charge to monitor the equipment while dreaming up anything else they can charge.
Then they try to dry your floors/drywall for ten days and then pull the floors/cut drywall so they are essentially double dipping. Because they are charging to dry something they were unable to dry.
I tell my mitigation reps if I t hasn’t dried in 4 days, yank the equipment and start doing the demo.
Then they try to dry your floors/drywall for ten days and then pull the floors/cut drywall so they are essentially double dipping. Because they are charging to dry something they were unable to dry.
I tell my mitigation reps if I t hasn’t dried in 4 days, yank the equipment and start doing the demo.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 1:14 pm to Azazello
A CLE I attended after the 2016 flood recommended hiring a home inspector.
They will thoroughly document everything allowing you to start the cleanup. A few hundred dollars is not a lot for peace of mind.
They will thoroughly document everything allowing you to start the cleanup. A few hundred dollars is not a lot for peace of mind.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 1:17 pm to Azazello
Posted on 2/18/21 at 1:20 pm to Stud Bud
Yeah, they definitely padded the invoice. They put 3 dehumidifiers and 3 fans out. I had already dried 90% of it with just one dehumidifier. All their equipment was only there for about 12 hours.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 1:52 pm to Barn_Owl
If you have a mortgage, the problem complexity grows by a factor of 4. the insurance company will cut the check to you and the mortgage company who will hold it till the work is certified done. Do not authorize the repair contractor to deal directly with the insurance company, because you will loose control.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 6:50 pm to Azazello
deleted - confused company!
This post was edited on 2/18/21 at 6:52 pm
Posted on 8/19/21 at 8:57 pm to Azazello
Bumping this thread for an update
Finally started construction this week after a very long battle with the insurance company. We haven't won yet as there will be more supplemental claims, but we finally got enough money to get major construction going. It has been an absolutely awful experience but we are at least on track to get back in the house before Christmas.
Finally started construction this week after a very long battle with the insurance company. We haven't won yet as there will be more supplemental claims, but we finally got enough money to get major construction going. It has been an absolutely awful experience but we are at least on track to get back in the house before Christmas.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 9:19 pm to Azazello
Feel for you and your family, looks like it’s been six months. We were out 7.5 after Laura and every day was a bitch dealing with contractors/insurance.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 9:25 pm to Azazello
Good luck.
We had a busted pipe but I was home to shut off the water. About 95% complete. Still fighting with insurance.
We had a busted pipe but I was home to shut off the water. About 95% complete. Still fighting with insurance.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 9:44 pm to TigerFred
pics thread now
Posted on 8/19/21 at 10:39 pm to Azazello
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Azazello
Thanks, a-hole.
Had me confused as frick.
Was on pg. 2, wondering how I didn't hear about an arctic blast IN AUGUST, before I saw the post dates.
This post was edited on 8/19/21 at 10:40 pm
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