Water Damage Estimator for Knoxville Homes
Eight questions, one at a time, about the water in your Knoxville home. The result names the water category and the likely drying class, gives a range for drying equipment, lists the line items a written estimate should show, and writes a short script for the phone call. It plans; it doesn't quote, and you won't see a price anywhere in it.
The categories and classes come from the IICRC S500 water damage standard (ANSI/IICRC S500); the air mover range from the IICRC worksheet; the mold and humidity rules from the EPA. This page keeps nothing you type. Your answers live only in the result page's web address, which is how printing and saving work.
A worked example
After a night in the teens, a supply line split in the crawl space of a one-story house in Fountain City (37918). The owner found it the next morning. About 300 square feet of oak floor over two rooms is wet, along with the insulation and subfloor underneath. No mold yet.
- Category 1 (clean water), likely Class 4 drying because wood flooring holds water deep in the material.
- About 7 to 8 air movers: one air mover for each wet room, plus one for every 50 to 70 square feet of wet floor, rounded up.
- Water-damaged areas and items should be dried within 24 to 48 hours to prevent mold growth. (EPA). This one is already at a day or more, so drying should start today.
- The written estimate should show extraction, air movers and dehumidifiers by the day, a daily moisture check, and the crawl space insulation and vapor barrier removal.
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Rules and sources: IICRC Airmover and Gallons Calculation Worksheet (rev. 7.1.22); EPA mold and moisture guide for homes; IICRC S500 water damage standard (ANSI/IICRC S500).