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Response time measured from dispatch acknowledgment. ETA calculated from worst-case staging plus 10-minute buffer. Faster crew availability typical from Harahan HQ.

01 / 06 · Naples, FL

Water damage compounds every hour you wait.

Backed by 20+ years of construction experience and IICRC WRT, ASD, AMRT, OCT, and FRST certifications, Xero DMG runs every water loss with industry standards, documented evidence, and maximum transparency on our end of the claim.

Average response
≤ 60 min from dispatch
License
LA GC RL.890700
Certifications
IICRC WRT · ASD · AMRT · OCT · FRST

Water damage extraction equipment array in residential structure

47min
Average response time
Highly satisfied client experience
Result quality · documentation · supporting reports
5
IICRC personal certifications · WRT · ASD · AMRT · OCT · FRST
20+yrs
Construction experience standing behind every claim

02 / 06 · Why Naples

Southwest Florida, with Collier County on the map.

Naples sits on the Gulf in Collier County at 0 to +20 feet, a Southwest Florida resort corridor with heavy luxury-residential inventory and significant hurricane exposure (Ian 2022, Irma 2017). Slab and stilt mix; cavity drying scopes track Gulf humidity and salinity.

That’s why Naples water losss demand a calibrated approach. Drying timelines, containment protocols, material disposal decisions, and clearance verification all change with local soil conditions, humidity bands, and structural patterns. Our protocol — IICRC-standard assessment, daily documented logs, photographic evidence, third-party clearance when high-risk conditions warrant — is calibrated for the Southwest Florida environment. We’re documentation heavy. Drying logs, moisture readings, soot maps, mold sample chain-of-custody — every page of evidence goes to both you and your adjuster, with a transparent read on time sensitivity and recommended next steps. You make one phone call. We handle the work and the paperwork.

03 / 06 · Process

The mitigation no one will redo.

A water loss is a clock. Every hour Category 1 sits, the more likely it categorizes upward. Every day drywall stays wet, the more likely you’re also calling us for mold three weeks later. Our 20+ years of construction experience let us trace water at its source AND in places where you may not see it — slow supply-line failures, sub-slab wicking, vapor transport into cavity spaces — in maximum good-faith effort to reduce secondary damage down the road.

Water damage restoration technician operating truck-mounted extraction

04 / 06 · The Six Steps

Documented from first reading to final clearance.

Daily drying logs with date-stamped moisture readings, equipment counts, and ambient psychrometrics. Photographic documentation of every affected surface, before and after. Class and Category designations with the IICRC S500 reference cited. When your adjuster asks “why this many dehumidifiers, why this many days,” the answer is in the file.

01

Source Identification

Active water source isolated and stopped before any extraction begins. Supply, drain, and ground-water sources have different mitigation paths — getting this wrong wastes a day.

02

Category Assessment

Category 1 (clean), Category 2 (gray), or Category 3 (black) — IICRC S500 classification drives PPE, containment, and material-disposal decisions. Documented with photos for adjuster review.

03

Class Mapping

Class I-IV affected-area assessment with thermal imaging. The class drives equipment count: how many air movers, how many dehumidifiers, how many days of drying.

04

Extraction

Truck-mounted extraction for standing water, then portable extraction for residual moisture in carpet pad, subflooring, and wall cavities. Extract before drying — drying standing water is throwing money away.

05

Structural Drying

Air movers and refrigerant or LGR dehumidifiers, monitored daily with moisture-meter readings. Drying log timestamped and shared with your adjuster in real time.

06

Dry-Standard Verification

Drying complete only when affected materials read within 4 percentage points of unaffected reference materials. Final report goes to you, your adjuster, and our records.

05 / 06 · Credentials

Five IICRC certifications. One general contractor license. Twenty years of building.

Restoration is regulated by what the contractor knows, not what they claim. Most restoration firms in our service area hold one or two IICRC certifications. Xero DMG runs five — at the technician level, on the same person on the job site — backed by a Louisiana General Contractor license and twenty years of construction work that came before any of the certifications.

WRT
Water Damage Restoration Technician
IICRC

ASD
Applied Structural Drying Technician
IICRC

AMRT
Applied Microbial Remediation Technician
IICRC

OCT
Odor Control Technician
IICRC

FRST
Fire & Smoke Restoration Technician
IICRC

FLIR thermal imaging close-up of wet wall cavity moisture

Backed by 20+ years of construction experience and a stack of IICRC certifications — WRT, ASD, AMRT, OCT, FRST — Xero DMG runs every loss with industry standards, documented evidence, and the maximum transparency we can control on our end of the claim.

The Xero DMG Brand Promise · A premium claim experience, by people who know how to build it

06 / 06 · Questions

What Naples clients ask first.

How fast can a crew reach Naples?

Active crews respond from our Metairie/Harahan facility. Published ETA is 60 minutes or less from dispatch acknowledgment, calculated as worst-case staging plus a 10-minute buffer. Faster response typical from HQ. Active emergency? Call 504.702.1480 — dispatch is 24/7.

Will my insurance cover water damage mitigation?

Sudden & accidental water losses are covered under most homeowners policies (HO-3, HO-5). Long-term seepage is typically excluded. We bill your carrier directly, document IICRC S500 compliance, and handle supplement requests if the initial scope misses Class IV cavity drying. You don’t pay anything out of pocket if it’s covered.

What’s the difference between Category 1, 2, and 3 water?

Category 1 is clean (supply line, refrigerator water, broken sprinkler). Category 2 is “gray” (washing machine overflow, dishwasher discharge, sump-pump backup). Category 3 is “black” (sewage, river/storm water, prolonged stagnation). PPE, containment, and material-disposal decisions all change with the category.

What’s the warranty?

Our mitigation work carries a written 12-month warranty against secondary damage from improper drying. If a wall cavity wasn’t dried to the IICRC S500 standard and produces mold within 12 months, we re-engage at no charge.

Are you licensed?

Yes. Louisiana General Contractor RL.890700, IICRC WRT (water), ASD (drying), AMRT (mold), OCT (odor), FRST (fire/smoke) — all five certifications held at the technician level. HB-121 compliant, EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm.

IICRCCertified firm
HB-121Compliant
RL.890700LA GC license
BBBAccredited
EPA Lead-SafeCertified firm
HAZWOPER40-hour certified

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Verify our IICRC firm certification
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The drying log every adjuster wants to see.

One phone call. We send a crew, scope the loss, bill your carrier directly, and document water damage restoration to the IICRC standard. Naples and the surrounding Southwest Florida area, 24/7.

Call 504.702.1480 — speak to dispatch now