Your Trusted Partner for Storm Damage Recovery & Repair
Supporting Home and Business Owners After Hail, High Winds, and Tornadoes
It can happen at any moment. In Wisconsin, our homes and businesses are at risk of severe damage from hail, heavy winds, and even tornadoes. When disaster strikes, you need a partner you can trust to help you navigate your insurance claim and get things back to normal as quickly as possible. At Big Fish, we believe it is our responsibility to help build awareness about managing disaster recovery by providing thoughtful, timely recommendations, insurance claim optimization, and on-site construction services when you need them most.
Hail Damage
Storm Damage
Wind Damage
Understanding the Far-Reaching Effects of Storm Damage
When it comes to evaluating the damage to your home or business after a disaster, it’s important to address your roofing, gutters, and siding as a complex and interconnected system that protects your home. Often, damage to one area can lead to further complications in the rest of the system. For example, damage to your roof may also cause leaking behind siding, which can be hard to spot without experience. Having an experienced, reliable contractor on hand to evaluate the damage thoroughly can help ensure your insurance company approves the full scope of work needed to get your home or commercial property back in tip-top shape.
We’ll Help You Rebuild When Disaster Strikes
Roofing Systems
Siding
Gutters
WindowsProviding Timely Support When You Need It Most
Storms, hail, and wind do not discriminate. Home and businesses alike are equally at risk of damage due to natural disaster, but both come with their own set of specifications and requirements. At Big Fish, we have decades of experience with homeowners and commercial property owners and have the expertise to clearly identify damage and develop a detailed scope of work to meet the unique needs of each of our clients. With hundreds of hail and storm damage projects on our books, we know exactly what to look for and the best ways to maximize your insurance claim to turn disaster into progress.
Our Storm Damage Expertise Covers:
Residential Homes
Condo Associations
Multi Unit Dwellings
Business Structures
Get Support Submitting and Maximizing Your Claim the Right Way
When disaster strikes, it’s hard to know what your next steps are. It can feel overwhelming and frustrating trying to navigate who to work with to ensure your repairs are taken seriously. From random companies knocking on your door after hail to basic internet searches, it’s hard to know who to trust. That’s why we’ve broken down the insurance claim and repair process into easy and transparent steps. Now you can have the confidence to move forward with the repairs you need to not only get back to normal, but to make the most of a bad situation and optimize your home or commercial property to meet your needs.
STEP 1
Filing Your Claim
After damage occurs, reach out to your insurance carrier, they will assign you a claim number and an insurance adjuster to inspect the damage. You may be tempted by companies visiting your home after a weather event to jump right in, but beware! These contracting companies generally follow storms and use a lot of quick language to talk you into a cash contract and don’t provide warranty or support after the job is done. Instead, take a moment, call your insurance agent, and schedule that assessment.
STEP 2
Get Contractor Support for the Assessment
If possible, find a contractor who can be on-site during the insurance adjustor’s assessment to verify the adjuster is accurately noting all damage and required work. At Big Fish, we have dedicated disaster recovery teams who are well-versed in working with adjustors to ensure they cover the full extent of repairs you need.
STEP 3
Review the Adjustment Summary and Estimate of Work with Your Contractor
Once you’ve received the official assessment report, it’s important you meet with your contractor right away to verify the scope of work for your repairs. At Big Fish, this is where we sit down with you and go over all the repair work needed, line-by-line, to make sure you are confident in our project together. Once you approve, we’ll sign a contingency agreement, which will allow Big Fish to continue working with your insurance provider on your behalf during the claim and repair process.
STEP 4
Optimizing Your Claim
Not all contractors do this, but at Big Fish, we believe it’s our responsibility to help you make the most of a difficult situation. Once your insurance provider agrees to the total scope of work, our team will work with you to select the very best materials and options to optimize your claim.
STEP 5
Make the Most of Your Situation
When disaster strikes, we can help you turn a bad situation into an opportunity to further customize your home or commercial property to meet your needs. . Many homeowners will look at the repairs needed and think “why not take care of these other projects while we’re at it.” If this is the case, and you want to add on additional projects, like a new deck or updated windows or any other remodeling, we’ll work on a special contract with a separate cash bid for these projects so we can complete all work at once.
STEP 6
Approval and On-Site Work
Once approved by insurance, your contractor should immediately schedule out your repairs. The urgency of your start time is dependent on the extent of your damage to ensure all clients affected by storms have livable conditions to stay safe. At Big Fish, we not only stay with you through the claims adjustment process, work with insurance on your behalf, and take care of your repairs, we also offer support after the work is complete!
STEP 7
Payment Collection
Once all work is completed, Big Fish will collect the project payment. Final payment is not released until all work is completed.
Why Choose Big Fish Contracting After Disaster Strikes
Get Support On Your Storm and Hail Damage Claims Today
If you have recently experienced damage related to a weather event and need help with next steps, please use the form below to share more details and our office team will reach out shortly!
