How To Restore Your Home After A Big Fire
ShareThere are a few things that you have insurance for that you hope you never have to actually use, like a house fire. If your house was recently burned down or got a lot of fire damage, you may be wondering how on earth you are going to rebuild your life (and your house) again. Even though it won't be easy, there are some things that you can do to help get everything restored and back to normal before you know it. Ready to learn a little bit more about this? Read on.
Homeowner's Insurance
The first thing that you should do is make sure that you contact your homeowner's insurance company; that way they can get the claim going as soon as possible. This process can go on for a little while but they will usually put you up in a hotel or temporary housing. As part of the insurance process, they will send over an insurance adjuster to look at all of the damage and see how much it will cost. Then, from there, you can usually hire contractors to come out and get started on everything.
Fire Damage Services
Once you have your homeowners' insurance claim made, talk to them about sending fire damage services out to your house. Fire damage services will help to restore anything that can be restored, and they will get rid of stuff that's been too severely damaged. For instance, if your kitchen wasn't burnt in the fire, but it received a lot of smoke damage, a fire damage service will come out and clean all of the smoke damage out of your kitchen so that it's in working order.
Contractors
After all of the insurance adjusters have been out and the fire damage has been cleaned up, then you will be able to hire some contractors to get started. Make sure that you run all of the costs by your insurance to make sure that it's covered; the last thing you want is to be liable for expenses that you didn't know about.
Having your house get damaged in a fire is the last thing that you think you will ever have to go through, but if you do find yourself in this situation there are things that can be done. To learn more about what you should do if you are in this situation, make sure that you contact a fire restoration company.