About HyreRestore

Why does HyreRestore exist?

Property damage arrives without warning, and the first people with advice can be the ones hoping to be hired. By the time a homeowner reads the paperwork, the drying has started and a form may already be signed.

The decisions that shape the outcome come early: what to photograph, who to call, what an assignment of benefits hands over, and whether the mitigation company also has to do the rebuild. We write those down in order, so you can make them on purpose.

What does HyreRestore publish?

• The first 24 hours. What to do first, in order, with the safety steps ahead of everything else.
• Service guides. Ten kinds of restoration work, from water and sewage to mold, fire and the rebuild, and what belongs in each written scope.
• The claims side. How a homeowners claim runs, what standard policies cover, working with the adjuster and assignment of benefits.
• Cost structure. Why mitigation and reconstruction are two invoices, and what moves each one, with no national average.
• Hiring help. What to check before anyone starts work, and what a scam looks like at the door.
• Calculators. Fourteen tools, from drying time to whether to file a claim, open without an email address.

What does HyreRestore not do?

• No restoration work. We do not dry, clean, remediate, board up or rebuild anything, and we do not supervise or warrant anyone who does.
• No emergency response. Nobody is sent from our phone line or our form. In an emergency, call 911, the utility or the fire department.
• No claim handling. We are not an insurer, adjuster, public adjuster or law firm. Nothing here is legal or insurance advice.
• No company ratings. No rankings, stars, reviews or “best of” lists, because we have checked no company for them.
• No calls on your house. We cannot say what is behind a wet wall, or whether old paint or flooring holds lead or asbestos. Test before tear-out.
• No selling your details. No restoration company receives them unless you agree to that introduction.

How does HyreRestore expect to be paid?

We expect restoration companies to pay us for introducing homeowners who asked to be introduced. You are never charged. When that is live, this page will say so.

It will not change what we tell you: that you can take time over an assignment of benefits, that you choose who does the rebuild, and that a drying job should come with a written goal and a moisture log.

What standard are the pages written to?

1. Primary sources first. Safety and process facts come from the EPA, CDC, FEMA and OSHA, and from the public framework of the IICRC S500, S520 and S700 standards. Those standards are sold, so we describe them and never quote their tables.
2. Dated, not evergreen. Time-sensitive facts carry the date we checked them. The EPA’s 24–48 hour drying window, for example, links to the EPA page it came from.
3. No invented numbers. We publish no national average restoration price. A figure on this site names its source and date, or it is not there.
4. Calm over urgency. Facts about the hazard come first, then the action. We do not write countdowns.
5. No invented people. No made-up authors, credentials, testimonials or stock-photo experts.

The full rules are in our editorial policy.

What have we not verified?

• Any company for an introduction. No restoration company is signed up, so none has been checked. How companies will be checked lists what we intend to check.
• Your policy. We describe standard homeowners forms. Your declarations page and your insurer decide what your policy covers.
• Certifications and insurance. We confirm no IICRC certificate and no insurance certificate. Ask for them and check with the issuer.
• Your house. Moisture, structure, lead paint and asbestos can only be judged by someone on site, and some only by a lab.

How can you reach HyreRestore?

How do I report a mistake?

Email hello@hyrerestore.com with the page address and what you think is wrong. We give each fact a source and a date so it can be checked. If a source has moved or a sentence says more than its source does, we fix it and note the change.

The contact page lists every way to reach us, and the privacy policy covers what we store and how to have it deleted.

Where are the other trust pages?

• How HyreRestore works: what happens when you send the form.
• How restoration companies will be checked: the planned checks, and which are not built yet.
• Lead quality standard: the rules for your details before any introduction.
• Editorial policy: how we source, date and correct.
• Who writes HyreRestore: the Research Desk, and why no page carries a personal byline.
• Expert reviewers: the credentials we are recruiting for, and who has signed (nobody yet).
• How HyreRestore makes money: who will pay, and what money never buys.
• Corrections log: every correction, dated.
• Cost research methodology: the standard a cost figure must meet before it publishes.
• Write for HyreRestore: corrections, sources and expert review.