FIELD NOTES

How to read the estimate you were handed.

Short, specific notes for Houston homeowners and contractors on what a scope should contain, what usually gets left out, and what to do about it.

A mitigation can be closed out on paper and still leave wet material in the wall. Here is how that gets caught, and who is allowed to fix it.

The carrier's estimate is a list of line items with quantities and unit prices. Here is what to check before you sign anything.

Most water losses are not underpaid because the carrier is fighting you. They are underpaid because the scope stopped at the dry-out.

Mold work lives or dies on the protocol. If the scope does not reference it, the scope is an opinion.

A 3D capture is not a marketing extra. It is the measurement and the photo record in one pass, and it settles arguments before they start.

Have an estimate you're not sure about?

Send it over with the address. I will tell you what is missing, and whether it is worth a second scope.

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