Serving Commerce City
Structural Drying & Dehumidification in Commerce City, CO
Commercial dehumidifiers and air movers remove moisture from the structure, with daily readings logged from the material itself for claim documentation. 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.
Frequently asked questions
We water the beds along the house. Is that a problem?
Close to the wall, yes, and it is one of the few near-universal pieces of advice along this range. These soils swell when wetted and the foundation was built assuming the backfill stays relatively dry, so irrigation beside the wall keeps that soil wet continuously rather than occasionally. Moving heads and drip lines back several feet, and extending downspouts well clear, costs almost nothing and does more than most structural work.
Our house is new and the ground beside it has sunk.
Backfill placed during construction consolidates over the first few years, and on a new house that is expected. What matters is the shape it settles into: a trough sloping back toward the wall collects roof runoff and delivers it straight to the foundation, which is exactly what this soil should not get. Topping up and regrading so the ground falls away is inexpensive and it is the single most useful thing to do.
Does the industrial ground nearby matter to us?
Mainly through drainage rather than anything else. Long-standing industrial sites often have graded ground, fill, and drainage arrangements that predate the subdivisions around them, and those can route water in ways the current surface does not suggest. If a lot floods without an obvious cause, what is upstream of it and what that ground used to be are worth understanding before spending money on the house.
These questions come from the Commerce City page.