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What to do after a fire - Part 2 of a 5 part series

Call the company that holds your mortgage

You have to call the financial institution that holds your mortgage. Fire lowers the value of your house and affects your mortgage. Properly restoring your house will restore its value, but the mortgage company must be involved until your house is restored.

Choose a contractor

Hopefully, the first-response contractor that you hire will also be the contractor who does the restoration work.But securing your home and property and getting the preliminary cleanout and drying done quickly are so important that you may have to settle for less than the best. You can change contractors once the immediate cleanup is done. For the work, insist on a firm whose workers are certified by the IICRC (Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification) or an equivalent industry organization. These personnel should be at least supervisors for your restoration. Get this guaranteed in writing. Poor restoration will leave you with a house that is not a healthy home for your family. Standards for fire restoration are constantly revised. You want work done to the most up-to-date standard. Ask what industry standards your contractor uses, including the edition of the standards and guides your contractor uses. If you have to switch restoration contractors, carefully set out the scope of work for each firm. You are responsible for ensuring that everything that must be done is included in the scope of work. Do not pay for, or authorize payment for, work that does not match that scope.

Personal protection

A fire-damaged house can be very dangerous. It may be structurally unsound. If it is, the fire department will not allow you on the site. Contact your fire department to learn about conditions of access. The fire department may allow a qualified restoration contractor into the house. You may have to contact the police as well, if they are involved. Your house may still have dangerous chemicals produced by the fire or from fighting the fire. The house will be dark, probably wet and likely already be growing mold. Floors can be slippery and there may be sharp and jagged items lying around. If you are allowed back in your house, wear safety boots, a hardhat, and protection for your lungs and eyes. Your fire department and restoration contractor can recommend proper safety gear. Don’t go into your house alone. Investigate in teams of at least two, one of whom is a professional.

Questions of sensitivity

If you or anyone in your family is sensitive to chemicals or mold, make sure that everyone involved in restoring your house knows that fact. You may have to insist that your contractor take special precautions. Your physician may be willing to write to your insurance professional, contractors or others if you have special needs.

Your insurance may only cover restoration to normal standards, but for an extra fee you should be able to negotiate the right to pre-approve chemicals, products and processes to deal with your sensitivities. If you need premium materials or processes you may have to pay any extra costs yourself.

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United Fire & Water Damage Restoration Inc. called in by Blockbuster Video

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United Fire & Water Damage Restoration Inc. is proud to have provided remediation and restoration services to Blockbuster Video www.blockbuster.com stores from Biloxi to Lake Charles after Hurricanes Katrina & Rita

Services for these stores ranged from a simple dry out to full interior demolition and mold remediation. United Fire & Water Damage Restoration is licensed in the State of Louisiana (#250237) for mold remediation, and we specialize in water damage dry outs, and fire and smoke damage restoration.

We service all of Southern Louisiana and the surrounding region, and can be on scene in as little as one hour for most locations.

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United Fire & Water
7575 Jefferson Hwy #136
Baton Rouge LA 70806
1.888.657.7779 office
1.225.771.9880 cell

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UFW RESTORATION INC. WOULD LIKE TO HELP YOUR DEPARTMENT FILL THE BOOT!

WE WILL DONATE 5% OF INVOICING TO YOUR STATION FOR YOUR USE. THIS CAN EQUATE TO $5000 OR MORE FOR YOUR STATION ON LARGER FIRE JOBS.

We are United Fire & Water Damage Restoration Inc. & we provide services in Southern Louisiana and the surrounding region. Some of our clients include:

· Blockbuster Video

· Central Plumbing

· Macaroni Grill

· B&D Plumbing

· Cunningham Lindsey Insurance Adjusters

· Latter & Blum Property Management

Our expertise include mold remediation, water damage dry outs, fire damage restoration and board up and tarping services. We are a fully licensed (LA State #250237) and insured company and we bill insurance when applicable. Feel free to look us up on the web at www.unitedfw.com for more information on our company.

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100% Coverage for plumbers warranty work offered by United Fire & Water

Stan,

Thanks for your time on the phone earlier - I appreciate it. Hopefully the program I have proposed here will be of interest to you.

Currently we are servicing plumbing contractors with a program that effectively allows them to have any warranty work done for free. What happens is this - We present you with materials to pass out to your technicians so that every time B&D www.bdplumbing.net has a water damage related response your technicians or the property owner calls United Fire & Water Damage Restoration Inc. www.unitedfw.com When that happens we arrive on scene and contract the home or business owner. As soon as we get the contract for restoration work, your technician receives a $100 cash referral fee - this is important because it helps to keep your guys motivated when it comes to referring our services. Plus they have a chance to earn a little extra cash. When UFW completes the job, we send you a dollar for dollar credit for all restoration work completed at the property. This includes drying equipment and labor associated with the water loss. This would not include construction costs associated with rebuilding the property if in fact it needed those services. To date you guys have had two warranty issues - had those been referral jobs from your technician instead of warranty work calls you would have a credit for exactly $3920.54 - that was the total amount we billed before discounts to B&D. Instead B&D was invoiced $2924.54 That is a $6845.08 swing, and that is just in the last 16 days - If you extrapolate that out over a 12 month period you are looking at substantial savings.

The key to the program is getting your guys on board with the $100 cash referral fee - and if it comes down from the top we usually see very good results!

If you guys would like to discuss this further I’d be happy to sit down with you again. Also, if you’re interested in moving forward with a program of this type, I can arrange to meet with you and your staff at your convenience to give a short presentation.

Please let me know!!

Thanks,

Kevin Hussey CMR/WRT
President
United Fire & Water
7575 Jefferson Hwy #136
Baton Rouge LA 70806
1.888.657.7779 office
1.225.771.9880 cell

khussey@unitedfw.com
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