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Fire and Smoke Damage Xactimate Estimates
Line-item Xactimate estimates for fire and smoke damage: cleaning, deodorization, selective demo and build-back, for restoration contractors and licensed PAs.
Who it's for
Restoration contractors and licensed public adjusters handling residential or commercial fire and smoke losses who need the full scope written in Xactimate.
What you get
- A fire and smoke damage estimate room by room: cleaning, deodorization, demolition and build-back
- Smoke and soot scope carried into the adjacent rooms the photos show were affected
- Line notes tied to photos and to the cleaning or replacement decision on each item
- Flags on anything the photos don't support
What to send
- Sketch in ESX format, or access to your Encircle so we can import the sketch into our system
- Photos labeled and organized by room, including rooms next to the fire area
- The carrier estimate, if one exists
- Cleaning test notes, job notes and any subcontractor invoices
How it's documented
Fire files are where clean-versus-replace decisions and adjacent-room smoke get missed. Each of those decisions is written as a line with a note pointing to the photo that supports it.
Redacted job photo or estimate screen goes here (real file, with permission)
Turnaround
Guaranteed within 72 hours; most files are back in 48 hours.
Questions
Can you write the cleaning and the build-back together?
Yes. Writing both on the same file keeps the scopes consistent.
Do you write contents on fire losses?
Yes. See contents and packout estimating.