Culinary disasters create more work for restoration firms.

Call it “prestoration” or whatever you want, but at least one insurer is offering discounts to homeowners for taking preventive measures and this could prove an opportunity for the industry.

My family had been living in our house for less than a year when a pipe burst. Over the next few weeks, numerous workers came through our house, repairing water damage on all three levels, replacing carpeting and basically making it seem as if nothing ever happened.