Serving Mount Plymouth
Structural Drying & Dehumidification in Mount Plymouth, FL
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
The lakes here were much lower a few years ago.
Their level follows the aquifer beneath rather than recent rainfall, and that moves over multi-year cycles. A run of wet years raises them and they stay raised; a dry stretch drops them a long way. Property sited to the shoreline of a dry period can find the water considerably closer without anything having been built.
Sand this deep should not hold water at all.
It does not hold it, and that is a different thing from the site being dry. Water passes down through the sand quickly and reaches the rock, where it either moves away through cavities or backs up if they are already full. What arrives at a foundation here usually comes from below or sideways rather than from ponding above.
The ridge is high ground.
It is, relative to the surrounding country, and elevation protects against flooding from a river rather than against anything else. The mechanisms here are groundwater and the behavior of the rock, neither of which cares much about being on a ridge. High ground and dry ground are not the same question on this geology.
The same questions, in context, on the Mount Plymouth mold removal page.