[Richy L]

i have had someone ask me about cleaning after a fire at their house. I havn't had many details yet, but how easy is it to treat smoke damage? or should i leave the job to someone else?

[pro-clean]

all depending on whats actually been burnt, is it just structual work  or contents as well, private or insurance?

we will be happy to advise or take it on, we're only up the valleys

Richie

[Richy L]

im not sure really.

I was only told about it today quickly. Is it a job for a builder or a cleaner?

[Gerry Styles]

It depends on the extent of thr damage, you nrrd to do a survey first

[Richy L]

its something i want to get into, but i have no idea what to do.
My brother in law is a builder, so i can get him in to do some work for me. if i get anywhere with the job ill let you all know and pick your brains a bit if that ok....

[martin19842]

hi there

you ideally need to clean down with an alkaline based cleaner, ultrapac renovate as an example.

lots of rags, clean everything down, so that the place is ready for redecoraction.

if it is part of an insurance claim, then the will have an approved contractor lined up to do it, therefore i would visit the client and sell yourself as much as you can, make that client love you, then submit your claim to them asap.

when the insurance company says to them  " oh we will send jo bloggs fire damage in " then the clientcan say well i have a quote here from another contractor, if the quote is competititive and the client has the gumption to stand their ground, then you stand a chance of getting the work

good luck

regards

martin

[martin19842]

hi there

ricky

if your brother in law is a builder i might have some work i would be interested in showing him possibly

the first one is an insurance job in woking,

rebuild a wall in a property building back in to a door and window, its approx 10ft wide wall section ground floor only, obviously wepay for the overnight stay.


and the other is a barn conversion that starts on the 1 july, in wilsthire near swindon, andwe will be doing site visits there in april/ may

please email me an email address.

regards

martin

[Richy L]

Hey Martin,
Email sent.

If you ever need anyone to carry out any work for you South Wales or the surrounding areas that you would like to sub out to me, let me know. I carry out all types of exterior cleaning, including high access. And we also do some interior cleaning too.

Cheers

Richy

[pro-clean]

im not sure really.

I was only told about it today quickly. Is it a job for a builder or a cleaner?

Richy
depending on the extent of the fire and the structual damage both cleaners and builders are often involved, at the end of the day a builder is a builder and his outlook on fire damage is normally to rip contaminated materials out, replace and redecorate.

from a fire restoration technicians point of view their is a great deal more involved to bring the property back to it's pre loss condition, you will have to satisy both the client and the insurance company, i'm sure most of us that have been involved in fire damage have been called out on jobs where builders have carried out the above to find that despite the property looking prestine due to a lick of paint etc  that their is a major odour problem due to the fact that the property hasn't been cleaned/dried  and deodrised adequately, it's not a matter of just cleaning down their are a lot of factors to take into consideration especially on a medium to high loss fire damage, Richy this is not to put you off but it is a little bit more technicial than some may realise, if you decide to go for it we've all got to start somewhere, if we can help with any advice give us a shout, good luck .

Richie

[murky]

Richie,

First of all you need to know if they are Insured. If not, why not, and how are they going to pay you? Will you be working through a Loss Adjuster?

I see from your previous posts you have had your fingers burnt (sorry) by non payers.
 
Get the custy to sign a Direct Payment Mandate. This means that you present the form to the Loss Adjuster and then he pays YOU directly.

Believe me I know all about people who get the money in their account and 'forget' to pay you. They see this money from the Ins Co and she is off down the shops, new curtains, carpets etc etc and you go round for your money and its gone. 

"Oh we thought they were going to pay you". The Times I've heard that!

I actually went round years ago for the money after a flood restoration job to be told by the son "Oh theyre in Tenerife for 10 days, a cheque came from the Insurance for more than they expected and theyve gone away".

It took months for them to pay me, bit by bit out of their wages.

So Ritchie, get your paperwork sorted first.

Murky