Worksheets and checklists to keep in hand while the floor is wet
Print one, fill it in, hand it to the next person. You'll find a facilities checklist for a commercial leak, a photo and inventory worksheet for the insurer, questions for an extraction contractor, a drying log you can keep yourself and decision tables for what stays and what goes. None of them quote prices. They cover the steps people skip.
- Photograph it before anyone extracts it: a water loss worksheet
Good documentation starts before the first gallon comes out. Use this worksheet to capture the source, the spread and the damaged items, then add the contractor's records as the job moves along.
- Questions to ask before you hire anyone to extract water
Standing water pushes you to say yes to the first company that answers. Five minutes with these questions helps you spot a careful contractor and avoid paperwork you'll regret.
- The water extraction and drying glossary, in plain words
Estimates and drying logs run on shorthand. These definitions cover the words you're most likely to see between the first call and the final readings, grouped by stage of the job.
- What makes one water removal bill bigger than another
Two leaks with the same amount of water can end in very different invoices. This table explains what moves the total, so you can read an estimate and ask sharper questions. It lists no prices.
- Aurora's water risk calendar, month by month
Aurora's leaks follow the weather. Pipes freeze in winter, snowmelt soaks foundations in spring, hail and downpours hit in summer, and fall brings the shutoff chores. Use this calendar to get ahead of each one.
- Renter or landlord: who does what after a leak
Aurora has a big rental market, and every leak raises the same questions. This guide lays out the usual split of responsibility and the records that protect both sides.
- A daily drying log you can keep yourself, in five minutes a day
Keep a simple log next to the contractor's and you'll see progress, catch a stalled job early and have your own record for the claim. It takes a few minutes each day.
- Save it or tear it out? A decision table for wet building materials
Not everything that gets wet has to go. This table shows how common materials in Aurora homes and offices usually hold up after clean and contaminated water, and what tips the call.