
How to Make a Contents Inventory List for an Insurance Claim in Colorado
A practical room-by-room list for documenting damaged belongings, matching photos, and separating restorable items from total losses.

The CRDN Journal
Real, useful information about protecting your belongings after water, fire, or smoke damage. Written by the same team that restores 100,000+ items every year in Colorado.
Everything Denver homeowners need to know when a pipe burst, appliance leak, or storm soaks their belongings.
Whether smoke-damaged TVs, soaked stereos, or corroded appliances can be saved, and how insurance handles it.
Soot, odor, and residue: how professional contents cleaning restores what fire touched.
How adjusters, homeowners, and restoration teams work together on personal-property claims.

A practical room-by-room list for documenting damaged belongings, matching photos, and separating restorable items from total losses.

Smoke odor can stay deep in fabrics after washing. Learn what to do before cleaning and how specialty textile treatment works.

Smoke on a painting is not the same as soot on glass. Learn how different artworks are assessed and what not to clean at home.

Understand when a covered claim may include pack-out, how your belongings are tracked, what adjusters need, and what you may pay.

From furniture and textiles to electronics and photos, learn what can be restored after a house fire and how each item is evaluated.

Smoke residue keeps eating electronics long after a fire. Here's how professional labs restore TVs, stereos, and computers, and what your policy pays for.

The first 48 hours after a water loss decide what you keep and what you lose. A step-by-step Denver guide to protecting your belongings and your claim.