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Wave's loss-type categories today: water (Cat 1, 2, 3), mold remediation, fire and smoke mitigation, asbestos abatement, reconstruction and repairs, and roof wind and hail damage. Storm scope beyond the roof is on the roadmap. Category shapes the questions Wave asks and the estimate it builds.

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Every Wave estimate has a loss-type category. The category shapes the questions Wave asks about each room and the estimate it builds.

Supported categories today

  • Water, Cat 1 (clean source, e.g., supply line, fresh-water leak)
  • Water, Cat 2 (gray water, e.g., dishwasher overflow, toilet supply line)
  • Water, Cat 3 (black water, e.g., sewage backup, flood)
  • Mold remediation
  • Fire and smoke mitigation (mitigation and smoke cleaning; rebuilding after the fire is a reconstruction job)
  • Asbestos abatement (containment, PPE, and negative air, on the same room geometry as a mold or Cat 3 job)
  • Reconstruction and repairs (rebuild scope after mitigation, including fire rebuild)
  • Roof damage (wind and hail, scoped slope by slope)

Wave scopes interior losses across every category above, plus the roof. Primarily residential.

On the roadmap

  • Storm beyond the roof (siding, windows, fencing): not in the product today
  • Exterior other than the roof: not scoped in conversation today

For the full capability list, see What Wave does and doesn't do (yet).

How the category gets set

Wave reads your description of the loss and asks about the water category as part of scoping. "Cat 2 water loss in a hall bath" sets the category to Cat 2. To change it later, just tell Wave in chat: "change the category to Cat 3."

What changes when the category changes

The category matters because the work changes with it: protective equipment, containment, cleaning and application steps, and documentation all scale with contamination level. Wave builds the estimate to match the category you set, the way an experienced estimator would.

Mixed losses

If a job involves both water and mold (common after a delayed Cat 2 or Cat 3), you can capture both: describe the primary cause of loss first, and mention the mold when Wave asks about the affected rooms.

Fire-plus-water combos aren't fully supported until fire ships. For now, build the water mitigation estimate in Wave and handle the fire portion in your existing flow.

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