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Water Damage Cost Calculator

Enter your affected square footage, water category, and how long the water has been standing, and you'll get a real, sourced budget range with the breakdown shown — no email required. A free on-site assessment gets you a binding number.

Affected area (300 sq ft)Not sure? A single average-size bedroom runs roughly 130-200 sq ft; a typical living room 300-400 sq ft.Water categoryClean-source water (e.g. a supply-line or water-heater failure) caught before it sits long enough to degrade. Industry-standard, non-Tempe-exclusive per-sq-ft figure (RESEARCH.md 0.4).How long has the water been standing?Still inside the window every source checked in RESEARCH.md cites before mold begins colonizing wet material.

Estimated range

$900 – $1,200

based on clean water at $3–$4/sq ft

Extraction & drying (300 sq ft): $900–$1,200

For comparison

The Tempe-specific average across all water damage restoration jobs is $2,251–$2,313 (Homeyou) — use it as a sanity check against the number above.

RESEARCH.md 0.4: burst-pipe-driven water damage restoration (general, not Tempe-exclusive) starts around $3,000 and can exceed $30,000 once damage is widespread.

DIY drying with fans and a shop vac can be genuinely enough for a small, immediately-caught Category 1 spill — but it won't reach moisture trapped inside walls or subfloor the way moisture meters and industrial dehumidifiers do. See DIY vs. professional water extraction for when DIY is actually enough.

This is a budgeting estimate built from real, sourced per-water-category and mold-remediation ranges (see the cost guide for the full breakdown) — not a quote. Your actual price depends on your space's specific layout, how many surfaces and materials are affected, ceiling height, and what's found once drying begins. A binding number comes from a free on-site assessment.

Where these numbers come from

RESEARCH.md's price-bands section documents real, independently-sourced figures for this market — a Tempe-specific water damage restoration average of $2,251-$2,313, and industry-standard per-square-foot bands by water category (Category 1 clean water $3-4/sq ft, Category 3 black water $7-7.50/sq ft). Choosing a standing time of 24-48+ hours adds a sourced Phoenix-specific mold remediation range ($927-$2,745, Angi) to the estimate, since mold can begin colonizing wet material in that window. Category 2 (gray water) has no standard per-sq-ft rate in any source checked, so it isn't priced here — see the cost guide for the full breakdown of how these numbers were sourced.

What it deliberately doesn't do

It doesn't ask for your email before showing you a number, and it doesn't pretend to be a quote. A binding price comes only from a written scope after a free on-site assessment.

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