Wind Damage Claims

Mother Nature is a force that just cannot be reckoned with. One of her main forces is wind. Wind can create all sorts of damage and be a safety hazard on many levels. Wind can come from any direction, at any speed and at any time-sometimes without even a warning. It can cause damage on all sides of your home, from the top to bottom of your home and allow interior damage. Most insurance policies in NY will cover wind damage.

Wind can uproot trees, lift and damage roof shingles, loosen or blow off your siding, blow off your chimney caps or blow over fences. Wind can lift all sorts of items making them projectiles that can end up crashing into your home and damaging it. The smallest of items can cause great damage when blown by wind. Wind can even force rain into the tiniest of crevices causing water damage to the inside of your home.

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Smoke Damage Claims

Have you ever heard the old saying “Where’s there’s smoke there is fire”? That is usually true. However, you do not always need a fire to have smoke. Smoke can come from any one of a number of sources and can penetrate more items than you could imagine.

If you have a heating system or water heater that is fueled by oil, you have a potential source of smoke damage in your home or building. Your system could have what is called a puff back. A puff back can occur when an oil-burning furnace does not ignite when it should. Oil vapors build up in the ignition chamber, causing an explosion when the igniter finally triggers. The explosion blows soot and other debris through the furnace’s exhaust system and into the heating system, which carries it into the house. The damages can be very visible to hardly noticeable. The one constant is that it is a real pain to clean and extremely time consuming. The discharged soot has an oily residue in it that makes ordinary cleaning products not effective.

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