Serving Raleigh
Structural Drying & Dehumidification in Raleigh, NC
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 North Carolina.
Frequently asked questions
A remnant, not a hurricane. Still a building problem on this clay?
Yes. The name of the storm matters less than the volume on ground that will not absorb. September remnants drop the year's heaviest month onto clay that sheds, so a crawlspace here can take water in a storm that never flooded a street in a sandier town.
The clay cracked away from the house in August. Why does September make that worse?
Because the gap is the path. Summer shrinking opens a slot at the slab or stem wall; the remnant then uses that slot instead of having to soak through intact backfill. The dry month and the wet month are one mechanism, not two.
Vents were supposed to keep the crawl dry. They seem to make it wetter in September.
They import the remnant. Outdoor air that month is near saturation, so venting brings moisture in rather than taking it out. The convention assumes outside air is the drier of the two, which here is a winter truth and a September falsehood.