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Fire Restoration – The right way

admin — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:04:07 +0000

Even a small fire can create big odor issues that are very difficult and expensive to get rid of. Slowly burning furniture or carpets release a thick, black smoke, containing hundreds of toxic compounds that will cover all exposed surfaces in your house, and enter through crevices in between walls and attic and basement spaces. Your walls, floors, furniture, window treatments will be covered with a black, smelly, acidic mass, which, if not promptly or properly removed, will damage them further, affect your health and leave a lingering odor.

Fire restoration is a complex, delicate process, and there are several steps for transforming a house damaged by fire into a smoke and soot free environment. Once the fire was put out, the first thing you need to do is ensure proper ventilation inside the house. ( Don’t use wet sponges or wash any surfaces, as that may make the damage worse). Of course, you should contact your insurance company and report the fire, as restoration costs may be higher than you think.

By contacting a fire adjuster company like Michigan Fire Claims, first you get your damage assessed by trained, independent appraisers that will accurately estimate cleaning and fire restoration costs. Having your own experts estimate the fire damage and the fire restoration costs will assure your appraisal is accurate, so you don’t have to rely on estimates from appraisers that are hired by, work for and serve interests of the insurance company.

We’ll be on your side!

Nik Kalaj,
Michigan Fire Claims Inc., Independent Adjusters & Appraisers

Fire smell be gone!

admin — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:43:10 +0000

So you had a small kitchen fire, that you were able to put out without much structural damage. While your house smells like the Inferno, you console yourself with the fact that things were not worse. Cleaning should be easy you think. You’ll replace the kitchen cabinet above the stove, air the house out, refresh the paint, and life we’ll be back to normal. As your deductible is high, and the last thing you need is a rate increase on your homeowner policy, you decide to not even call your insurance company.

After a week of toil and trouble, things look up. For the next months, anyone waking through the door, acts like your Schnauzer when the meatloaf is in the oven – sniffing the air, questions marks in their eyes. At work, people inquire if you’ve been taking up smoking, or you’re just grillin’ every day.

At Christmas, when your in-laws visit, they ask if they have to eat whatever you’ve been cooking (or burning..). At this point, you possibly had enough.

So together with your Schnauzer, you put your olfactory detective skills to use, to uncover just where those pesky smells are hiding.

Carpets, rugs, sofas, curtains, clothes, they are all culprits. Even after washing, airing, deodorizing. You may need to get new ones! And repaint. Geez, who knows how much this will cost.

What to do?? And how about the insurance company, how can you document the damage now?

Eureka!! You can call Michigan Fire Claims! They’ll have answers for you! And appraisers, and adjusters. And they’ve help hundreds before (here’s proof!). Plus, they are really nice.

Yeah, I know you wish you’d thought of them before!

Nik Kalaj
President & Owner
Michigan Fire Claims, Public Adjusting Company

Easter Weekend

miclaims — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:03:29 +0000

I would like to wish all the clients and staff a safe and happy Easter holiday. There are many among us that will take this time to re connect with family and friends and loved ones. Happy Easter

MAPIA

miclaims — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:14:07 +0000

Michigan Fire Claims Inc. is a member in good standing with Mapia. MAPIA stands for Michigan Association of Public Insurance Adjusters. We have become a leading member in the adjusting and appraisel aspects of first party claims. Our specialty’s include fire and water claims adjusting and appraising.

Our Kalamazoo clients – the Hoose family

miclaims — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:53:18 +0000

Michigan Fire Claims Inc. would like to congratulate our clients, the Hoose family, on their new set of twins, born the same day they moved in their new home in Kalamazoo. The family suffered a fire loss last year and Michigan Fire Claims Inc. was able to recover from the insurance company the amounts needed to demolish and rebuild the home rather than repair and clean (which the insurance company was pushing).

New Year Message

miclaims — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:41:56 +0000

Everyone here at Michigan Fire Claims Inc. would like to wish all our affiliates and vendors in Grand Rapids, Saginaw, Detroit, Grayling and throughout the rest of the state, a Happy New Year!