The Chicken or The Egg

2/12/2020 (Permalink)

The old age question is what comes first, the chicken or the egg? In the restoration world the age old question we get asked is " Who should come first, he restoration company or the insurance company?" 

Many homeowners thing they should wait for the insurance adjuster to come out before and restoration or mitigation work starts. Waiting on the adjuster could be days or even weeks of waiting. The longer the problem goes without being mitigated, the more could be damages. 

The sooner the restoration is started, the sooner you, the homeowner, is back on the path to restoring your home. 

If a water loss goes untreated for several days or weeks it could cause growth within the home. 

Boiling it all down, the restoration company should be the first one onsite to begin the process, and they will know what they next steps with the insurance company are.