Field guides for water-damage claims
In the trade I'm Frank. Adjusters, field crews and other contractors know me as Frank Darakhshan, and that is the name on these guides.
I run the office side of a restoration business. Most of my week is paperwork: writing the final invoice, answering the adjuster, and following the claim until it is paid. These guides are what I have learned doing that.
They are generic trade knowledge. No company, no client and no job is named. Each one covers a single part of a claim that tends to go wrong:
- What a water-damage invoice needs so an adjuster can check it line by line
- Reading a drying log: what justifies each day of equipment
- Photos as evidence: bookends, meter shots, run hours
- When a carrier cuts the invoice: the comparative, the denial card, the response
They are written for contractors, office staff and homeowners who want to know what a claim file has to show.
More about me: Farough Darakhshan.
- What a water-damage invoice needs so an adjuster can check it line by line
Frank Darakhshan on the water damage invoice adjuster reviewers can check: exact line names, sourced prices, photo-based hours, and drying-day evidence. - Reading a drying log: what justifies each day of equipment
Frank Darakhshan on how to read a water-damage drying log: the equipment math, the site conditions, and the honesty rules that make it hold up. - Photos as evidence: bookends, meter shots, run hours
Frank Darakhshan on water-damage job photos as evidence: install and removal bookends, reading meter photos right, and why run-hour panels prove nothing. - When a carrier cuts the invoice: the comparative, the denial card, the response
Frank Darakhshan explains how a restoration office answers an insurance comparative estimate: match lines, sort cuts, use denial cards, then respond.
Also known as Farough Darakhshan: faroughdarakhshan.com.