Serving Torrington
Structural Drying & Dehumidification in Torrington, CT
Commercial air movers and low-grain refrigerant dehumidifiers pull moisture out of the structure, with daily moisture-meter readings logged for your insurer. Structural drying brings building materials back to a documented dry standard using air movers and dehumidifiers rather than surface evaporation alone. Moisture readings are logged through the process so the substrate, not just the surface, is confirmed dry before anything is rebuilt.
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Frequently asked questions
Waterbury had the 1955 flood. Is that the problem in Torrington too?
Not the same one. Waterbury sits on the industrial floor of the Naugatuck. Torrington is the headwaters: steep streets, brass-mill housing, and an October peak that runs the cuts. Flood control downstream does not drain an uphill wall on these hills.
October rain is over in an hour on these streets. Why is the wall still wet on Thursday?
Because the till is thin and the rock underneath does not store. The hour of rain is a pulse into every cut; the buried face of a brass-mill cellar then weeps that pulse for days. This is headwaters hydrology, not a river still in flood. A coating on the inside does not stop a hillside that is still draining.
The brass mill poured these cellars. Did that era put a drain on the uphill face?
Almost never. Torrington Company housing was stacked up the valley walls and the buried face was the hill. Tile was a luxury on a 1960 cut. October's 5.4 inches then uses that face as a dam. The repair is a drain at the cut and an outlet that does not dump on the next roof down.