Serving Edina
Structural Drying & Dehumidification in Edina, MN
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 pond nearby is higher than it used to be.
Where a basin has no stream leaving it, that is entirely possible and may not be temporary. Water arrives from the surrounding ground and departs only by evaporation and infiltration, so a wet run of years puts in more than goes out and the level steps up and stays. Nothing needs to have been built nearby for it to happen.
Do the mature trees matter?
The roots do. Established neighborhoods have large trees whose roots seek reliable moisture, and old clay drain tile with open joints provides exactly that. Roots enter the joints and gradually fill the line, so a system that worked for decades stops with no single event marking the change.
The creek here has houses right up to it.
It does, which means it has very little room to spread when it rises. A channel with a floodplain accommodates a peak by widening; one built up to both banks accommodates it by getting deeper and reaching what is beside it. That is why levels here matter more than the size of the stream suggests.
The same questions, in context, on the Edina mold removal page.