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Structural Drying & Dehumidification in Meridian, MS
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 water backs up against the railroad embankment.
An embankment is a dam with holes in it, and the holes are the culverts through it. When one of those blocks or is simply too small for a heavy storm, water accumulates on the upstream side across a wide area. It is not the railroad flooding; it is the drainage meeting an obstruction. Which entity maintains a particular crossing is worth establishing, because it is often not the city.
Sixty inches a year. Does the ground dry out?
Less than most places, and that is the practical meaning of the figure. Ground here spends more of the year wet than dry, so anything at or below grade is under a longer-running load and a small leak has far more time to do damage. Crawl spaces in particular never get the extended dry spell that would let them recover on their own.
Under the house is always damp and nothing is dripping.
At this rainfall the moisture arrives as vapor through the ground rather than as anything visible, and the outside air through much of the year is carrying as much as the crawl is. A sealed ground barrier and a closed crawl are what work in this climate. Vents were the standard answer once and they do not perform where the air itself is the source.
This FAQ belongs to the Meridian page; it is repeated here.