Being a resident of Florida, have you ever had a sinkhole or worried that your home maybe have a sinkhole? Inverness and all cities in Florida need to be aware of sinkholes and what causes them because they are quite frequent with our limestone bed and aquifer.

Once you have your suspicions, the first step you must take is to call your insurance company. Your Insurance company will notify an adjuster and send one out to your location to verify the start of your sinkhole claim. This is important for them because if they conclude that the cause of your problems aren’t a sinkhole, then they are not reliable to cover any of your damages.

If the adjuster concludes that there might be a sink hole, then they will recommend an environmental drilling Inverness company to assist you in finding the sinkhole/s if they are present. The problem with insurance adjusters is that they don’t have the technology to conclusively say whether or not you actually have a sink hole. They look for signatures and signs of a sinkhole but they can not tell you what’s going on under the surface unless they find a physical hole somewhere.

Drilling companies once notified will test the soil of your property. The most common method of testing for sinkholes is called Test boring. This is a test that involves a mounted drill to dig deep into the ground and take samples for analyzing in a lab. These samples are taken at 5 ft intervals and can determine the state of your property.

It takes a while for an environmental drilling Inverness company to determine the results of the their drill testing, but if they conclude that there is evidence of sinkhole activity, your insurance company is reliable for fixing the damages correctly.

Unfortunately every insurance company is different when handling and insuring sinkholes and sinkhole repair, so it hard to tell residents what the next step should be.

It might be important to note that if a homeowner does not agree with the findings of your insurance company or your enviromental drilling Inverness company, that they can not only get a second opinion, but also higher a lawyer to defend your position and your assets.

*Disclaimer: The views expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of Amdrill Inc*