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Changes the notes only, not the estimate.
Where do the published prices originate?
Commercial Save The Day Restoration lists a $1,500–$5,000 minor one-room clean-water example across Los Angeles and Orange counties and a $500–$1,500 initial minimum. HomeAdvisor gives national restoration rates of $3–$4 for clean, $4–$6.50 for gray and $7–$7.50 for highly contaminated water per square foot. Different scopes and geographies must not be averaged into a Santa Fe Springs price.
How are base values modelled in the calculator?
Start with an affected floor area already known from safe records, finite and from 10 through 5,000 square feet. The site's provisional rate pairs are clean [3,4], gray [4,6.5], high [7,7.5], and unknown [3,7.5]. Lower base=max(area × low, $500), upper base=max(area × high, $1,500). The floors and unknown band are editorial assumptions, not a publisher's total-work formula.
What can be added before rounding?
HomeAdvisor's component table says ceiling $450–$1,600, drywall $300–$850. Save The Day gives carpet removal $2–$4 plus installed replacement $4–$12 and hardwood removal $4–$8 plus installation $8–$20 or more per square foot. Adding these components is this site's derivation: carpet $6–$16, hardwood $12–$28 or more. No overlapping carpet/wood areas, and their combined area cannot exceed the entered floor area. Add selected repairs first, round only the final low down and high up to $100; preserve an open wood upper end.
Where does the tool stop?
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Sources
- Save The Day Restoration, Water Damage Restoration Costs in LA and Orange County (accessed October 11, 2026).
- HomeAdvisor, How Much Does Water Damage Restoration Cost? (accessed October 11, 2026).
- California Department of Insurance, Residential Insurance Guide (accessed October 11, 2026).
- California Contractors State License Board, Check a License (accessed October 11, 2026).