Craftsman Book Company

Insurance restoration contracting; startup to success.

Bianchina, a contractor with an insurance restoration business, author, columnist, and community college instructor, provides a manual for contractors on the repair of buildings damaged by water, fire, smoke, storms, and other disasters. He describes how to decide whether to start a business; the basics of insurance policies; understanding water and water restoration equipment, losses and restorative drying, mold remediation and contaminated water losses, and special drying situations and other considerations; fire and smoke, structural losses, and structural cleaning and deodorization; wind, snow, and other storm damage; impact damage, vandalism, and trauma scenes; mobile, manufactured, and modular homes; home contents; setting up for emergencies and responding to emergency calls; and business aspects like business plans, setting up a company, staffing, finding work, working with insurance adjusters, estimating, and dealing with finances, remodeling, and clients. A list of companies, business, associations, and agencies is provided. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)