Serving Evanston
Structural Drying & Dehumidification in Evanston, IL
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 lake is right there and the city drains away from it.
It does, which surprises people: the ground falls west from the shore, so most of the city sheds inland into a system that has to carry it a long way rather than a short one. Being beside a very large body of water is no help at all to a street that does not drain toward it.
The university is a large part of the ground here.
It is, and a campus of that size is largely roof, path and parking with its own drainage arrangements. Where it sits upstream of residential streets, what it sheds arrives quickly and in volume. It also has its own records and its own staff, which makes it a more answerable neighbor than most large landowners.
The city was built out before anyone separated the sewers.
It was, and the work to separate them has run for decades and reached different streets at different times. Where it has not, a heavy cell still fills one pipe with both roof water and waste. Whether a particular block has been done is a question the city can answer, and it decides which remedy is worth buying.
The Evanston overview carries this FAQ with the city research.