Five Reasons Why You Should Make An Emergency Home Damage Contractors List
Millions of homeowners throughout the country don't know
how to react to a home damage emergency. I was asking a couple of my
friends the other day if they were actually prepared for a broken water
pipe or an electrical fire. Out of five people, four of them said that
they were prepared and knew how to handle the situation, but it didn't
take me long to realize that none of them actually knew how to handle a
home emergency.
Here are five reasons why I strongly believe that every house should
have an emergency home damage contractor's list.
1. So that your home doesn't suffer any more damage than necessary. If
you have water leaking all over your bathroom floor and it's starting to
run into your hallway and bedrooms, it won't be long before other areas
of your home will be damaged also. If you are prepared, the damage can
be contained quickly and efficiently.
2. So that no one in your home gets injured. Could you imagine someone
in your home panicking as they run through the slippery kitchen floor
and fall? What about an electrical fire that gets out of control, but
the smoke detectors don't go off, because they don't work anymore? This
isn't going to happen, if you've prepared everyone in your family to
react without panicking.
3. So that there's no need to panic, once you enter into a home damage
emergency situation. One of the biggest causes for accidents and
injuries and sometimes even death during emergencies is when people
panic, because they're not prepared properly. There's no reason why you
should be one of the next statistics.
4. Because you might not know how to make certain types of emergency
home repairs. If you don't know how to fix a broken or leaking water
pipe, you're going to need to have an emergency plumber's phone number
handy. This type of situation also applies to roofing, electrical,
heating and air conditioning and other emergencies. If you know how to
fix and repair all types of plumbing, but your family members don't, it
wouldn't be a bad idea to have these phone numbers available, just in
case there is an emergency.
5. Don't get robbed by emergency repair contractors. Part of making your
emergency home damage contractors list, will be screening the
contractors, before there is an emergency. You can ask them a few
questions like, where are they located, what are their emergency repair
hourly rates and are you available 24 hours a day. You're not just going
to want to have anyone on your list, make sure that you are satisfied
with each one of them.
Last but not least, you should have a least two
emergency contractor names, but I would prefer you to have at least
three, just in case one of them doesn't respond when you need them. Your
list should contain at least three plumbers, three electricians, three
heating and air conditioner professionals and three home emergency
damage contractors. You should make a couple of copies and place them in
different spots around your house for easy access, God forbid if there
ever was to be some type of home emergency.