Burst Pipe Insurance Claim Cleanup Cost Calculator
Enter the size of the wet area and what got wet to see a typical national price range for burst pipe cleanup and drying. It is an estimate only; the real price comes from the walkthrough.
Estimate the Cost
Typical range: $750 to $1,400
How it works: typical national figures of about $3.75 to $7 per square foot for clean water, $4.50 to $8.50 for gray water and $7 to $13 for black water, multiplied by 1.25 to 1.7 for drywall, ceilings, hardwood or finished basements and by 1.25 when the water sat for more than two days, with a small-job minimum. Pipe repair and rebuild are not included. Estimate only, not a quote.
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What Does Burst Pipe Claim Cleanup Cost?
Extracting water and drying a single-family house after a burst typically costs about $1,200 to $7,500, and long-running losses can reach $25,000. The deductible, often $1,000 to $2,500, comes off the covered part of that total.
- Contained loss in one area: $1,200 to $3,500. A break under a sink or inside one wall, shut off quickly: pumping, equipment and several days of drying.
- Ceiling or multi-room loss: $3,500 to $9,000. Water drops through insulation and drywall into the rooms below, and the wet pieces come out.
- Vacant or long-running loss: $9,000 to $25,000. A burst that ran for days while nobody was home, soaking floors, framing and finished rooms.
- Cost per square foot, by water type: $3 to $7. Clean Category 1 water prices toward the low end, and Category 3 water toward the high end.
What changes the price
- Reach: how many rooms and floors the water traveled through
- Duration: a quick shutoff and a weekend-long flow are very different jobs
- Materials: hardwood, plaster and finished basements hold water and take longer to dry
- Removal: wet drywall, insulation and flooring add labor and disposal