Restoration contractor software, shown on a fictional water and fire restoration company

Open the demo and you are inside Ashmend Restoration, a fictional water and fire restoration company running the real product: click anything, nothing changes.

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What works today for a restoration company, and what is not available yet

The demo's welcome card says the same. The names, people, jobs and prices in this demo are illustrative.

The restoration jobs in the demo

Each with what its estimate covers and how it is billed:

• Halvorsen kitchen water loss - mitigation — Water mitigation, kitchen and hall (time and materials) (Time & Materials)
  Job notes: Claim 7731-0406-WD. The dishwasher supply line failed overnight: Category 2 water in the kitchen and hall. The rebuild is its own job under the same claim..
  Schedule: Emergency response, extraction and flood cuts → Drying and daily monitoring → Drying complete, equipment pulled.
  Daily log: “Arrived 7:40 pm. Source: the dishwasher supply line, shut off at the valve. Extracted the kitchen and hall vinyl, removed the toe kicks, flood cut 46 LF and applied antimicrobial. Set 6 air movers and 1 dehumidifier. Mapped 8 reading points; dry reference taken in the dining room.”
• Halvorsen kitchen water loss - reconstruction — Kitchen and hall rebuild after the water loss (Fixed Price)
  Job notes: Claim 7731-0406-WD, same loss as the mitigation job. The owners pay their upgrades directly, outside the claim. Scope and estimate approved; certificate of completion at the final walkthrough..
• Marchbanks basement flood - mitigation — Basement water mitigation (time and materials) (Time & Materials)
  Job notes: Claim 5520-1189-FL. The sump pump failed in a storm: Category 2 water across the finished basement. Carpet pad and the lower 2 ft of drywall removed..
  Schedule: Emergency response, extraction and flood cuts → Drying and daily monitoring → Drying complete, equipment pulled.
  Daily log: “Standing water across the basement. Extracted the carpet, pulled the wet pad, flood cut 120 LF at 2 ft and applied antimicrobial. Set 10 air movers and 2 dehumidifiers; 12 reading points mapped.”
• Thornbury crawl space mold remediation — Crawl space mold remediation to the assessor's protocol (Fixed Price)
  Job notes: Self-pay. The independent assessor's protocol is received and followed in the scope; the clearance test is by a third-party lab after the work..
  Schedule: Set containment and negative air → Remove affected material and HEPA clean the framing → Encapsulate and clean the containment → Third-party clearance test.
• Foundry Row unit 3 - fire board-up and smoke cleaning — Board-up, soot cleaning and odor control (time and materials) (Time & Materials)
  Job notes: Kitchen fire in unit 3; the manager moved the tenant out. Board-up the same night, then soot cleaning and odor control in units 3 and 4..
  Schedule: Emergency board-up, 3 openings → Soot cleaning and odor control, units 3 and 4.
  Daily log: “Fire department released the unit at 7:30 pm. Boarded the kitchen window, the patio door and the back door; power off to unit 3. Photos of every room taken before anything was moved.”
• Farrow smoke loss - contents pack-out and cleaning — Contents pack-out, cleaning and storage (Time & Materials)
  Job notes: Claim 6604-2290-FR. A garage fire sent smoke through the house. The living room and two bedrooms are packed out to our warehouse for cleaning and stored until the rebuild..
  Schedule: Pack-out and inventory, living room and bedrooms → Contents cleaning at the warehouse → Contents in storage until the rebuild.

Walk through one restoration job: Halvorsen kitchen water loss - reconstruction

Its schedule, in order:

1. Cabinets ordered, matching door style
2. Drywall hang and tape
3. Drywall finish and texture match
4. Paint kitchen and hall
5. Set cabinets and countertop
6. Baseboard, trim and punch list
7. Final walkthrough and certificate of completion

Change orders on this job: “Owner upgrade: soft-close drawers and pull-outs”; “Additional damage found behind the dishwasher”.

Purchase orders on this job: “Base cabinets and countertop, Halvorsen kitchen”; “Hang, tape, finish and match texture, kitchen and hall”.

To-dos on this job: “Final moisture readings, kitchen”; “Call the adjuster about the dishwasher supplement”.

From its daily log:

• Walked the kitchen with the owners and confirmed the cabinet door style. Moisture readings in the open walls at the dry reference before closing up. Weather: Clear skies.
• Drywall crew started hanging. Old cabinets out; found the soft subfloor and a wet cavity behind the dishwasher. Photos and readings taken; supplement drafted. Weather: Cloudy. Delays: Area behind the dishwasher left open until the supplement is approved.
• Hang and tape finished in the kitchen and hall. A small air mover is drying the cavity behind the dishwasher. Weather: Clear, windy.
• First finish coat and texture samples on the hall wall; the owners approved the texture match. Weather: Clear skies.

A restoration proposal in the demo: Hall bath rebuild after a supply-line leak

Ashmend Restoration sent it to a lead. The scope reads:

Replace the damaged subfloor section, lower drywall and tile floor; reset the toilet, set a new vanity, match the wall texture and paint the room.

The notes on that lead:

• Plumber referral: the leak is fixed and the floor is soft by the toilet
• Measured the hall bath; readings show the subfloor is dry now, the tile and vanity base are ruined
• Sent the rebuild proposal; no insurance claim, she pays directly

Other restoration leads in the demo

• Water heater leak, finished basement: Plumber replaced the water heater; the carpet is still wet along one wall
• Mold in the attic: Dark staining on the roof sheathing above the bathroom; Looked at the attic with her; waiting on the assessor's protocol before pricing
• Priority-response agreement, four buildings: The board wants a walk-through of the shut-offs and a plan for the next burst pipe

What goes on a restoration estimate in the demo

From Ashmend Restoration's price list, without the prices:

• Emergency service call - after hours
• Technician labor - extraction and demolition
• Water extraction - hard surface
• Water extraction - carpet, and remove the wet pad
• Flood cut drywall - 2 ft
• Apply antimicrobial
• Air mover, per 24 hours (own fleet)
• Dehumidifier - LGR large, per 24 hours (own fleet)
• Air scrubber / negative air machine, per 24 hours
• Moisture monitoring and documentation
• Containment - poly walls and zipper door
• Mold - remove affected material and HEPA clean the framing
• Apply encapsulant
• Post-remediation clearance - third party
• Board-up - per opening
• Soot cleaning - walls and ceilings
• Contents pack-out labor and boxes
• Contents cleaning
• Contents storage - vault, per month
• Debris haul - pickup load
• Drywall hang, tape, finish and texture match
• Paint walls and ceiling - 2 coats
• Base cabinet replace, matched door style
• Baseboard install
• Supervision and project management

Restoration cost codes in the demo

Ashmend Restoration's own cost codes:

• Emergency Response & Service Call
• Water Extraction
• Drying Equipment
• Moisture Monitoring & Documentation
• Demolition & Removal (flood cuts, pad, baseboard, insulation)
• Antimicrobial & Structural Cleaning
• Containment & Negative Air
• Mold Remediation
• Board-up, Tarp & Temporary Protection
• Smoke / Soot Cleaning & Deodorization
• Contents Pack-out & Inventory
• Contents Cleaning
• Contents Storage
• Debris Haul & Disposal
• Testing & Assessment (third-party lab, mold, asbestos, lead)
• Permits & Fees
• Framing & Structural Repair
• Insulation
• Drywall & Texture
• Paint
• Flooring
• Trim & Doors
• Cabinets & Countertops
• Plumbing / Electrical / HVAC (trade subs)
• Roofing & Exterior
• Supervision & Project Management
• Final Cleaning
• Program & Referral Fees
• Contingency / Supplement Pending

Questions about SelfConstruct for restoration work

Is there a restoration version of SelfConstruct?

Not as a separate product. Ashmend Restoration opens with the business type “Restoration & mitigation (water, fire, mold)”, so its menus are set for that trade. In a customer's company today, the menus are the same whatever the trade.

Can a restoration job be fixed price or time and materials?

Both are in the demo: Ashmend Restoration's “Halvorsen kitchen water loss - reconstruction” is a fixed-price job, and “Halvorsen kitchen water loss - mitigation” is billed time and materials.

Does SelfConstruct have “Insurance claims” for restoration companies yet?

Not yet. It is on the list the demo's welcome card shows under “Not available yet for your trade”.

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Pricing is published on the site: $299/mo per company before sales tax, unlimited users, 50 GB of storage included.

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