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Broken Water pipes are something homeowners have to contend with. All too often a homeowner will wake up to a broken water pipe or will come home from work or vacation to a flooded home due to a broken water pipe. The first reaction is usually panic. Homeowners instantly think of: does my homeowners insurance cover damage from broken pipes? How much is my homeowners insurance deductable? How much will it cost to repair the damage from the broken pipe? How much will I have to pay? Can my contents be dried out and saved? Who do I call first? My insurance agent? An emergency contractor? A carpet cleaner? Water Damage Contractor? A Plumbing Contractor? STOP – silence… that’s when you simply pick up the phone and call a local plumbing contractor or a local water damage restoration contractor. Based in Clark County and servicing Clark and Cowlitz they will can help you solve this broken water pipe crisis.

The water will need to be turned off to prevent any more water intrusion from the broken water pipe. The damage will need to be assessed. Contents will need to be dried out and protected from further damage. You will want to call your homeowners insurance company to arrange for a claims adjuster to come to your home and evaluate the damages in order to to get paid for the work that will need to be performed by a restoration and reconstruction contractor.

A small pipe burst in a bathroom can typically cause quite a bit of damage to your home. It all depends on how quickly the broken water pipe is noticed. If it is noticed quickly and the situation mitigated immediately the damage might be minimal. However, if the water pipe has been broken for awhile your whole home might be flooded. If the leak is upstairs you can expect the water to saturate the entire upstairs carpet and pad and leak down thru the ceiling to the downstairs. In which case the damage could included replacing insulation between floors, the drywall work could entail replacing entire downstairs ceilings and parts of the walls on both floors. Lino, underlayment, cabinets, trim, baseboard and contents can all be affected by this simple broken water pipe. The amount of damage will depend on many factors.

If your home has suffered a broken water pipe that has caused water damage to your home you will want to consult with a local water damage contractor to mitigate the damage and develop a plan for reconstruction along with your insurance adjuster.

You can reach  – a Water Damage Restoration and Reconstruction Contractor servicing Clark and Cowlitz counties including the greater Vancouver, Washington metro area.