Serving Williamsport
Structural Drying & Dehumidification in Williamsport, 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
There is a levee. Does that settle the flooding question?
Only for water arriving from the river. Rain landing behind the levee still has to be pumped or drained out, and while the river outside is high there is no gradient to discharge into. Protected ground can flood from the inside during exactly the storm the levee is handling.
Why does a narrow valley make ordinary rain worse?
It concentrates it. Water shedding off steep ground on both sides converges on the small area of flat ground the town occupies, arriving fast and with little chance to infiltrate on the way down. Open terrain would disperse the same rainfall harmlessly.
What should be expected from a pre-war basement?
That it predates every layer now taken for granted. No damp-proofing, no perimeter drain, and grading that has had eighty years to settle. The realistic approach is controlling water before it reaches the wall, rather than expecting the wall itself to perform.