Serving Williston
Structural Drying & Dehumidification in Williston, ND
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 went up during the boom. What should be checked?
Start with the pipework and the drainage, since those are where hurried work shows itself and where the bill afterward is largest. Supply connections, anything routed through unheated space, the depth of the service line and the destination of the sump discharge are all cheap to confirm and expensive to find out about in February.
The house went up during the boom. What should be checked?
Work done at speed varies, and the things that matter here are the ones that do not show: whether the grade actually falls away from the building, whether downspouts were connected to anything, and whether the drain around the footing was laid and covered properly. All three are cheap to check and expensive to discover later.
The service line to the house froze at the street.
In a winter here the frost can reach past the depth shallower lines were laid at, and a road cleared of snow loses the insulation that would otherwise protect what is under it. The sign is pressure falling away over several days rather than all at once. The utility generally knows which streets do this every year and will say.
This FAQ belongs to the Williston page; it is repeated here.