RestoreWorth.
Our methodology
LESS UNCERTAINTY STARTS HERE

Know what it takes
to make it right.

Map the damage.
Understand the restoration.
See where the cost comes from.

Build your scenario
01 / START WITH WHAT YOU KNOWNO ACCOUNT REQUIRED

What happened?

What happened?
sq ft

HomeGuide grades the three categories by health risk. Choosing one prices the cleanup. It is not a test of your water.

Time since the incident
Materials to replace Each one is priced on the surface it covers, so ticking more never lowers the total.
Walls and ceilings Tick both if the insulation behind the board is damaged too.

Length × height of wall to replace, plus any ceiling area: 12 ft of wall 8 ft high is 96 sq ft.

Floor One covering, priced on the affected area above.
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These inputs are assumptions, not an on-site assessment. Unseen conditions are not modeled.

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PROPERTY DAMAGE MAP LIVE SCENARIO
Illustrative property sectionA cutaway room with selectable affected wall, floor, ceiling, and basement. This conceptual damage map is not a property inspection or a prediction of damage spread.01 / BUILDING ENVELOPEAFFECTED ZONE02 / MATERIAL LAYERSWALL SECTIONN
Conceptual affected zoneSCHEMATIC · NOT AN INSPECTION
Scope first. Price second.

Amounts come from national averages published by homeguide.com and angi.com and captured on 2026-09-27; homeadvisor.com is used as a cross-check only. The damage map itself is schematic: it is not a measurement or a forecast of how damage spreads.

PUBLISHED NATIONAL AVERAGES, NOT YOUR QUOTEEVERY SOURCE NAMED AND LINKEDOUR ASSUMPTIONS ON THEIR OWN LINES
02 / UNDERSTAND THE SCOPEMITIGATION ≠ RECONSTRUCTION

A dry room isn’t always
a restored room.

The visible surface is only one part of the scope. Explore the difference between managing the damage and putting the room back together.

01

Stabilize the situation.

Mitigation stops the damage from spreading. It is separate from the cost of restoring the finished room.

02

Understand what is affected.

Our material view separates visible finishes from underlying layers. It does not establish which materials can be saved.

03

See the path back.

Every figure that enters the total keeps its own row: the base rate per square foot, each material replaced, each flat fee that is added, each of our coefficients. A single headline number can hide what is and is not included.

TRANSPARENCY IS PART OF THE PRODUCT

No mysterious numbers.
No hidden assumptions.

Every PUBLISHED row is a national average a US cost guide publishes, named and linked; every row marked ASSUMPTION is ours, on its own line. See exactly what is published, what you provide, and what is still unreviewed.

Look behind the estimate
A LITTLE MORE CLARITY

Before you
read the number.

Read the methodology
Where do these numbers come from?

Each published row is a per-square-foot or flat-fee figure quoted by a US cost guide — homeguide.com and angi.com — captured on 2026-09-27 and reproduced without changing it; homeadvisor.com is used as a cross-check only. Each publisher builds its national figure its own way: HomeGuide from the estimates homeowners receive from contractors; Angi and HomeAdvisor from surveys of their customers about what the project cost, paired with labor statistics, market research and expert interviews. None is a representative sample of invoices, and none carries a state, metro or ZIP adjustment.

So they are real prices?

They are real published averages, which is not the same as your price. The rows marked ASSUMPTION are ours, not a publisher’s: elapsed time, water depth and extra rooms have no published coefficient behind them, and each scales the base row only. Not reviewed by a restoration professional. Every published figure is checked against the page it cites; the way they are combined is RestoreWorth’s own, and unreviewed.

What is left out?

Hidden damage, finding and repairing the cause, structural engineering, permits, laboratory testing, taxes, contents, temporary housing, insurance coverage and deductibles are not priced. The tool cannot decide what is safe, salvageable or necessary.

Can I compare this with a contractor’s quote?

You can use the rows to ask what a quote does and does not include. You cannot use them to judge whether the price is fair: a national average and a local quote are different measurements, and the low/high bounds are the publishers’ own, not a confidence interval.

Where is my saved scenario stored?

Only in this browser’s local storage, after you choose Save scenario. No account, email or phone number is required. Remove saved scenario deletes that saved copy. Export creates a text file on your device.

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