@Michaela274 Ever since Airbnb laid off about a quarter of its staff, people in this community have been reporting wait times of 6-8 weeks to get any action on damage claims, even when they've been following the instructions down to the letter. I definitely don't recommend waiting any further to complete your repairs, and replace the necessary items as affordably as you can. If you do ultimately get compensation, it's almost certain to be for a lower amount than you hope for, but receipts for completed repairs are much more effective than back-of-the-envelope estimates.
I hope you're able to get your claim resolved soon, but realistically I doubt that we're going to see Airbnb dedicating more resources in the near future to operations that don't increase their revenue. The Host Guarantee was an effective strategy for recruiting new hosts who were reluctant to hand their homes over to strangers off the internet, but it's turned out to be a disaster. Case in point: knowing that you have every right to remove guests from your home the minute you catch them breaking your rules, would you have let these awful people complete their booking until checkout if you hadn't been convinced that Airbnb would accept liability for the inevitable damage?