Serving Reading
Structural Drying & Dehumidification in Reading, PA
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 Pennsylvania.
Frequently asked questions
Ninety-four percent of the housing predates 1990. What does that actually mean on a block?
It means there is no newer house to compare against. The block is all party walls, all internal leaders, all cellars. A July storm tests the whole row as one building. Individual ownership does not make individual roofs, and a single clogged leader is a multi-address job.
The house is on the hill, not the Schuylkill. Is the river still involved?
Not as flood. As the outlet, yes — the combined sewer still drains toward the river, and a surcharge can show uphill of the flats. The hill's own problem is runoff in the wall from a failed parapet. Two different wet cellars, same storm.
Water stained the ceiling but the roof looks intact. Next place to look?
The leader and the party wall. Rowhouse roofs drain inside the masonry. A rusted leader leaks into the wall cavity and the stain appears a room away, often downstairs and next door. The shingles can be fine. The pipe in the wall is not.