housetriage

Whatever just happened, start here.

Work through it in order: the next ten minutes, then the damage, then the insurance.

Everything here is written to be useful even if you never call anyone.

Before anything else

  1. Gas or smoke means leave first.

    Everyone out, then call from outside. No light switch and no phone on the way.

  2. Stay out of water near anything electrical.

    If you would have to stand in water to reach the breaker panel, do not.

  3. Photograph it before you clean up.

    This is the step people skip and the one that costs them money.

What is happening?

94 guides

What this site is

housetriage.com is an informational site for homeowners and renters dealing with something going wrong in the building. It is not a restoration company. It does not dispatch crews, and it does not do the work.

Every guide is written to be genuinely useful to someone who handles the whole thing themselves and never calls anyone.