Our Work
Recent hurricane & storm damage projects.
When a named storm hits SWFL, the first 72 hours are board-up, tarp, and water mitigation. The next 6 months are insurance documentation, mold prevention, and rebuild. We handle all of it — Ian-tested, IICRC certified, two SWFL offices for fast dispatch.
Hurricane work is a sequence: secure, mitigate, dry, document, remediate, rebuild. Skip a step and your insurance claim suffers or mold takes over. We run the full sequence and document every step the way adjusters want it.
North Fort Myers took significant wind and surge from Ian — Bayshore Road waterfront and inland mobile-home parks both saw widespread damage. Many manufactured homes were total losses; site-built homes saw extensive roof and structural damage.
Our North Fort Myers crew works across the full city — from Manatee Park, Shell Factory, Bayshore Park, US-41 corridor — and we're familiar with how hurricane / storm damage scope changes between Pine Lakes and Suncoast Estates.
North Fort Myers disaster history: Hurricane Ian (2022), Hurricane Irma (2017), tropical storm seasons. We were on the ground in this city for each event and know the local permitting + insurance landscape.
Ian's storm surge on September 28, 2022 pushed up the Caloosahatchee and topped Bayshore Road from Manatee Park east past the Shell Factory, soaking waterfront homes that hadn't seen water inside in 50 years. Irma in 2017 took roofs across Pine Lakes and Suncoast. Charley grazed the north side in 2004. Every named-storm season since has produced at least one tropical event with sustained 50-mph gusts somewhere along US-41. North Fort Myers homeowners now understand the first 72 hours decide whether a claim pays in full or gets drowned by ongoing damage that should have been mitigated.
We pre-stage 6-mil reinforced tarps, 5/8" CDX panels, and shrink-wrap before any named storm enters the Gulf. When wind drops below the safe-work threshold, dispatch runs by structural-risk severity, not call order. Peeled roofs in Suncoast Estates and Pine Lakes go first. On manufactured homes — Tamiami Village, Old Bridge Village, Bayshore parks — we add a step the site-built playbook doesn't have: tie-down and anchor inspection. Hurricane winds load mobile-home longitudinal and lateral straps before they tear roofs. A unit with a snapped or stretched tie-down is no longer code-compliant for occupancy, and FEMA and the carrier both want it documented before any reconstruction starts.
A Bayshore Road waterfront home with surge intrusion is a different first 24 hours than an inland Pondella-area roof loss. River surge brings brackish water, septic-system overflow from displaced county and private systems, and substrate contamination — Category 3 by default under IICRC. We cut drywall to a documented inspection height (24 inches above the high-water mark, photographed at every stud bay), pull saturated insulation, and stand up dehumidifiers before mold pressure builds. On manufactured homes the same protocol gets adapted: belly wrap comes down, joists get inspected, and any waterline above the marriage-line splice triggers an engineered evaluation before the structure is signed off for re-occupancy.
After a federally declared disaster, a North Fort Myers homeowner may run a Citizens or American Modern HO-3 claim, an NFIP flood claim, a FEMA Individual Assistance application, and — on manufactured homes — a separate chattel-coverage claim simultaneously. Each one wants different documentation. We produce a single damage assessment package: geotagged photos, room-by-room moisture logs, depth-of-flood markers tied to FEMA Flood Zone designation (AE along the Caloosahatchee, X further inland), tie-down inspection report for manufactured units, and an Xactimate-compatible scope that satisfies every form at once. That single package is also what gets submitted to NFIP's Proof of Loss before the 60-day deadline.
The crew that ran North Fort Myers through Ian still runs North Fort Myers. We know which streets along Bayshore took surge that nobody expected, which Pine Lakes blocks lost roofs in Irma and again in Ian, and which carriers will fight the supplemental claim 18 months later. When the next storm forms in the Gulf, dispatch is rolling before the cone narrows.
First 48 hours: roof tarp, window board-up, debris removal, water mitigation start. Property secured against rain and intrusion.
Structural drying, moisture mapping, daily photo logs, equipment counts, content inventory. Everything an insurance adjuster needs.
Roof, drywall, paint, stucco, flooring, fixtures. Hurricane-code compliant rebuilds. Same crew that mitigated does the rebuild.
For North Fort Myers homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 920-7972 for a same-day estimate. Our North Fort Myers hurricane / storm damage crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
For North Fort Myers homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 920-7972 for a same-day estimate. Our North Fort Myers hurricane / storm damage crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
For North Fort Myers homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 920-7972 for a same-day estimate. Our North Fort Myers hurricane / storm damage crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
For North Fort Myers homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 920-7972 for a same-day estimate. Our North Fort Myers hurricane / storm damage crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
For North Fort Myers homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 920-7972 for a same-day estimate. Our North Fort Myers hurricane / storm damage crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
Our North Fort Myers hurricane / storm damage crew dispatches across the full city — from Pine Lakes, Suncoast Estates, Foxmoor, Hancock Creek, Tamiami Village, Old Bridge Village, Pine Island Road corridor, covering ZIP codes 33903, 33917. Storm damage scope varies street by street in North Fort Myers — our local crew knows which neighborhoods need which response first.
North Fort Myers insurance carriers we work with: Manufactured-home carriers, Citizens, NFIP. We bill direct on most claims and document to adjuster standards from the first call.
Same crew, same standards — we cover the surrounding cities too:
Bayshore Road waterfront properties sit in the direct path of Caloosahatchee surge, so post-storm triage starts with structural assessment before any mitigation. We check the foundation or pilings for scour, walk the seawall and dock for failure that may have transferred load to the house, and document the high-water mark before water recedes further. Saltwater intrusion is treated Category 3, electrical service is locked out until inspected, and we file a separate flood claim against NFIP since wind and flood are different policies. Drying cannot start until the structure is cleared for occupancy by reconstruction crews.
Florida requires mobile homes to be anchored to manufacturer specifications, and post-storm tie-down inspection is critical because uplift forces stretch straps, loosen ground anchors, and bend frame brackets even without visible damage. We work with a licensed mobile-home installer to inspect over-the-top and frame ties, ground anchors, and pier supports, and we document any failures for your insurer. Florida Statute 723 governs mobile-home park tenancies, and park management often requires tie-down certification before continued occupancy. The inspection report becomes part of your claim file and your park rental record.
Manufactured homes are treated as chattel rather than real property for flood purposes, so the NFIP claim uses a Proof of Loss with the manufactured-home schedule, and elevation certificates are based on the lowest floor of the unit including the chassis. FEMA Individual Assistance applications may run in parallel if a federal disaster declaration covers Lee County, as it did after Ian. We help compile the documentation: HUD label and data plate photos, registration or title, anchor and pier records, and park lease if applicable. Wind damage runs through your HO-7 or DP-1 carrier separately.
Flood and wind are separate perils with separate policies in North Fort Myers because Lee County sits in a high-exposure zone for both. Wind-driven rain through a damaged roof is typically a wind claim under your HO-3 or HO-7; storm surge or rising water from the Caloosahatchee is a flood claim under NFIP or a private flood carrier. The distinction matters because each policy has its own deductible, sublimits, and proof-of-loss timeline. We document the cause-of-loss with photos at first response (intact roof versus open envelope, water lines on exterior versus interior) so the right policy responds first.
Pro GC stages crews and materials before named-storm landfall, so we are typically on-site within 24 to 72 hours of road access reopening in North Fort Myers. Emergency board-up and tarping is considered reasonable mitigation under most policies, and we document with timestamped photos before and after. Priorities are securing the building envelope, removing roof debris that is bearing on trusses, and disconnecting damaged electrical service. Full mitigation and rebuild start after the adjuster's first inspection, but the tarp keeps secondary water damage from compounding your claim while you wait for the carrier.
Free estimate. No pressure. Insurance billing handled. Call our Cape Coral line and we'll have a project manager in North Fort Myers fast.
28720 S Diesel Dr Unit 7
Bonita Springs, FL 34135
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