What is a water zone, and why does it change the price?
A water zone is any room with a water supply: a bathroom, the kitchen, the laundry, a wet bar. Each one has supply lines, shut-off valves, drains and fixtures we check on every visit, so the number of zones — not the square footage — is what determines how long a visit takes.
Most expensive damage in a closed Florida home starts with water: a supply line under a vanity, a toilet fill valve, a water heater, an ice-maker line. Every room with a water supply is a place that can fail, so we treat each as its own zone with its own checks.
In each zone we look under sinks, check supply lines and valves, run fixtures briefly to keep traps sealed, look for staining and test for moisture where something looks wrong. A two-bathroom condo and a six-bathroom house are very different visits, even at the same square footage.
That is why our prices include a set number of zones — two in a condo, three in a house — and add a fixed amount per visit for each additional zone. The visit price is calculated the same way every time, from the current published rates.