In addition to fire and water damage, there are many other ways in which your home can be damaged. This may be an external force impacting your home such as an out of control vehicle, a tree branch or commercial mishap. Your house can be damaged by malicious intent, or by uncontrolled human misadventure. All kinds of internal accidental reason cause small to medium levels of damage continually.

In many of these cases your house may be left with areas exposed to the weather or suffer internal damage that renders areas unsafe or unusable and requires professional help to minimise further damage.

In many cases it is glass that gets broken leaving areas of your house exposed to the weather, you need fast glass replacement so that your house is safe, secure and liveable.

There are a number of things you can do to reduce the likelihood of accidental damage:

Accidental Damage Prevention:

• Trim tree branches near the house (permits may be required)
• Invest in electrical surge protection for your safety
• Arrange dangerous and flammable chemicals into locked or otherwise safe storage with adequate ventilation.
• Have a safety audit of your house performed. (Call 1300 SCOTIA)

Accidental Damage Situation:

• Check for survival and injury of family members
• Isolate affected area if possible
• Turn off gas, electricity, water if necessary
• Call 000 if necessary
• Reposition family treasures if possible
• Depending on scale of damage, call 1300 SCOTIA if necessary