Your own guess; a professional determines the actual category.
Does not multiply the range.
What do the two cited publishers report?
Save The Day Restoration offers a commercial Los Angeles/Orange County $1,500–$5,000 minor one-room clean-water example and describes a $500–$1,500 initial minimum. HomeAdvisor gives national restoration bands: $3–$4 clean, $4–$6.50 gray and $7–$7.50 highly contaminated per square foot. These published figures have different scopes and do not constitute a Lakewood estimate.
What does the site's own calculator assume?
Enter an affected floor area already known between 10 and 5,000 square feet. Choose provisional clean [3,4], gray [4,6.5], high [7,7.5] or unknown [3,7.5] dollars per square foot. For the lower base use max(area × low rate, $500); for the upper use max(area × high rate, $1,500). Add any selected repairs to those unrounded bases, then round the final lower end down and final upper end up to $100. The assumed floors and formula are a planning model, not figures the publishers calculated for Lakewood.
Which material options are separate?
HomeAdvisor lists ceiling repair $450–$1,600 and drywall $300–$850. Save The Day provides carpet removal $2–$4 and installed replacement $4–$12, or hardwood removal $4–$8 and installation $8–$20 or more per square foot. This site's sums are carpet $6–$16 and hardwood $12–$28 or more. Carpet and hardwood areas cannot overlap or together exceed the affected floor area.
Why is the output not a work quote?
The calculator cannot identify the source, water category, hidden damage, insurer payment or what a contractor includes. It has no submission form and computes in the browser. Ask for a written scope; the estimate guide can help identify omitted work.
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Sources
- HomeAdvisor, How Much Does Water Damage Restoration Cost? (accessed October 11, 2026).
- Save The Day Restoration, Water Damage Restoration Costs in LA and Orange County (accessed October 11, 2026).
- California Department of Insurance, Residential Insurance Guide (accessed October 11, 2026).
- California Contractors State License Board, Check a License (accessed October 11, 2026).