Serving Lakewood
Structural Drying & Dehumidification in Lakewood, 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
There is a ditch running above the property and it is not the city's.
Those are privately held water conveyances with rights that predate almost all the housing here, and they are operated by companies rather than by any municipality. That matters in both directions: the company can require access along the bank, and it is also the entity to raise seepage or overtopping with. Establishing which ditch it is, and who runs it, is worth doing before there is a reason to.
The concrete downstairs has cracked and one side stands proud.
That is the soil pushing up rather than the building sinking, which is the reverse of what most people expect and it is the characteristic failure here. The ground swells as it takes on moisture and lifts whatever sits on it. The water almost always arrived from the surface, so the work belongs outside: roof discharge carried well clear, irrigation moved off the wall, and the ground falling away from the building.
The roof came through the hail and started leaking months later.
That is the ordinary sequence. Impact bruises the covering without opening it, the damaged area weathers faster than the rest, and it finally lets water through under some unremarkable rain later in the year. Because nothing leaked at the time, most people conclude the roof was fine. An inspection after a significant hail event, dated and documented, preserves the connection for a claim later.
The same questions, in context, on the Lakewood mold removal page.