Serving Kent
Structural Drying & Dehumidification in Kent, WA
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 Washington.
Frequently asked questions
Seattle and Tacoma are both close. Why is this valley its own moisture problem?
Because it is a floor, not a ridge. The Green River valley holds cold air and a high water table, so November rain here stays in the crawl instead of draining toward Puget Sound the way a hillside lot in those cities can. The wet-season total is similar; the inversion and the floodplain are not.
The rain stopped two days ago. Why is the crawl still at outdoor humidity?
The inversion. Cold air pools on this floor and does not mix, so there is no drying interval after a November cell. Vents that were meant to exchange air just import more of the same saturated pool.
We are on the hillside above the Green. Out of the floodplain?
Out of inundation, not out of November. A hillside lot here is a catchment for the house below, and the whole wet season runs along the uphill wall. Elevation trades a river problem for a shedding problem.