Serving Ridgeland
Structural Drying & Dehumidification in Ridgeland, 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 house rises and settles every year and the cracks come and go.
That is this clay doing what it does, and the cycling is the mechanism rather than any single wet or dry spell. It gains volume with real force as it takes on water and gives it up again as it dries, so the whole building moves through the year. The consequence for water is that lines within the slab travel too.
Can anything be done about ground that moves this much?
On this soil it is one of the very few cheap measures available. What damages a slab is the range of movement between saturated and cracked rather than either state alone, so steadying the perimeter reduces how far the building travels across the year. A soaker line set out from the wall and run briefly in dry spells does it.
The reservoir above the city is held for supply as well as recreation.
It is, which means its level is managed for several purposes at once and none of them is getting a garden dry. The operating schedule is published a year ahead and the level is a decision rather than a season. For anyone near the shoreline that schedule is more useful than any weather forecast.
The same questions, in context, on the Ridgeland mold removal page.