While both emergency fire board-ups and security fencing provide security for fire-damaged properties, they serve different purposes. Here, at Central Coast Casualty Restoration (CCCR), we are focused on helping you restore your property after the shock and damage from a fire. Understanding why boarding up is a critical step in restoring your property, as well as the difference between boarding up and security fencing, is part of our commitment.
- Emergency fire board-ups help prevent further damage to a building by boarding up open doors, windows, and gaps and holes in walls and roofs, to prevent additional water damage from rain, windblown debris, and animals. Boarding up also helps keep out squatters, the curious, and others who may have criminal intent.
- Security fencing surrounds the perimeter of fire-damaged properties, keeping out those who have no business entering the property.
Boarding up is included with CCCR’s fire restoration services. Your insurance may also require that it be done. Upon arrival at your property, our fire damage specialists assess the damage, taking photos and videos, and detailed notes. After discussing the restoration plan with you, one of the first things we do is board up fire-damaged structures.
Depending on the circumstances, security fencing may be an important extra layer of security. Your CCCR project manager can help you find a reliable security fencing supplier.
Top reasons boarding up is necessary
Our San Luis Obispo County emergency fire board-up team cautions that damage doesn’t stop when the fire is out. A storm, rain, wind, pest invasion, theft, or injury to a curious trespasser can turn the fire loss into a larger issue.
Boarding up secures broken windows, doors, roof, and wall openings, and:
- Prevents further damage from rain, wind, and debris.
- Reduces the temptation for theft and vandalism.
- Protects against injury from unstable walls and floors, broken glass, and other exposed hazards.
- Keeps out wildlife. Rodents, raccoons, skunks, and even birds are always seeking food and shelter, creating more cleanup and repair issues.
- Boarding up helps preserve the scene so cleanup, damage assessment, soot removal, and repairs can be done more efficiently.
- Many insurers expect property owners to take reasonable steps to limit further damage after a loss.
The local, trusted experts
CCCR has been serving San Luis Obispo County’s fire restoration and emergency board-ups since 1996. We focus on helping you through the initial shock and worry in the aftermath of a fire, storm, earthquake, and other events that affect your home and business, by:
- Showing up quickly and answer your questions. We provide 24/7 emergency response.
- Getting right to work assessing the extent of the damage, securely boarding up, and assisting with additional property protection issues.
Assessing the damage includes detailed notes, videos, and photographs that become the restoration plan. We help file the insurance claim, and monitor the entire claim process from start to the day your claim is paid. We also advocate on your behalf to make sure you get the best possible settlement. Your dedicated CCCR project manager is in constant communication with you, answering your questions and keeping you informed every step of the way.
We are a local business, and all of our team members are local residents. Individually, and as a company, we take pride in bringing peace of mind and professional restoration services to the entire community. Our services include meeting various damage, remodeling, and cleaning needs. Trust us to help you with:
- Fire damage.
- Water damage.
- Mold damage.
- Remodeling services.
- Carpet cleaning.
- Tile and grout cleaning.
- Upholstery cleaning.
- Sewage cleanup.
- Biohazard/trauma cleaning.
Call us 24/7 for your emergency. We’re on our way! (805) 466-5419.
