Attic Water Damage Cleanup in the United States

During our assessment, nationally most attic jobs land between $500 and $7,500. As our specialists document the loss, a small leak caught early with insulation removed from one area runs $500 to $1,500.

For the written restoration scope, cellulose does. For the written restoration scope, blown in cellulose mats down and does not go back, so it is replaced. For the written restoration scope, fiberglass batts are the more nuanced case: clean water wetted batts sometimes dry and stay put.

From the first moisture reading, most ceilings are saved when we can dry them from the attic side.

During our assessment, in many cases three to five days after the insulation is out. From the first moisture reading, roof decking dries faster than you would expect once air is moving across its underside, since the shingles cover the top face.

From the first moisture reading, only if you can stay on framing and see where you are stepping.

For the written restoration scope, we trace the wet trail upward on the underside of the roof decking and around each penetration. From the first moisture reading, water runs down the roof underlayment before it drips, so the entry point is in many cases above and to one side of the wet insulation.

From the first moisture reading, four common causes, and the most frequent one we find is a bathroom exhaust fan ducted into the attic instead of outside.