Serving Saco
Structural Drying & Dehumidification in Saco, ME
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.
Every pro in our network is licensed and insured in Maine.
Frequently asked questions
The house is on the beach side. Is river flooding still the issue?
Not the main one. The marsh and the barrier set the water table, and a northeaster raises both from the ocean side. River flood can add to it when the Saco is high against a storm tide, but a crawlspace on Kinney Shores can wet from below with the river behaving itself.
Why would a crawlspace smell damp in a week with no rain?
Because the marsh does not wait on rainfall. Tidal groundwater under peat stays high, and a crawlspace over that ground is sitting in a wet climate even when the weather is fair. Closing the vents to save heat in October then traps what the ground is already adding.
Is a mill-era house on this bank a different problem from a cottage?
Yes. The mill stock has basements in filled ground next to the channel; the cottages have shallow crawlspaces on sand. One fails from below-grade masonry, the other from wind-driven rain and a water table in the sand. Treating them as the same building type wastes the diagnosis.