Serving Richmond
Structural Drying & Dehumidification in Richmond, VA
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
Why do two storms of the same size flood Shockoe once and spare it the next time?
The tide decides. When a September remnant arrives near high water, outfalls to the James cannot discharge and the Bottom fills from the drains up. The same rainfall on a falling tide leaves. The storm is necessary; the tide is the switch, and a forecast that names only inches is missing half the mechanism.
We are west of the Fall Line on the hill. Same September problem?
Same rain, different path. Granite hills shed into areaways and downhill streets; they do not wait on the tide. A west-side basement takes water from the lot above, not from the James, and the repair is grading and drains, not a tide chart.
An English basement has always been a little wet. Tolerance level?
A little wet is the original condition of a floor at river grade with no damp-proof course. Standing water, or a wetness that is new, is a failed detail or a risen table. The realistic job is keeping the river and the drains from adding to what the room already lives with.