Serving Long Branch
Structural Drying & Dehumidification in Long Branch, NJ
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
This is not a barrier island. Does that change things?
It does, and mostly for the better. Higher ground behind the beach means there is somewhere to retreat to and the whole city is not at one elevation, which is the situation on an island. What it also means is that exposure changes sharply within a block or two, so a general statement about the city says very little about a particular property.
The bluff is retreating where the pipe comes out.
Concentrated water over the crest of a bluff cuts into it far faster than the sea does at the toe, and a downspout, a driveway edge or a pump discharge is usually the source. Getting the discharge away from the edge and spreading it is what stops the process. Work at the face rarely holds if the water reaching the crest has not changed.
A February storm did more than any hurricane.
Winter systems here move slowly and hold an onshore wind for a day or more, which means they stack water through four or five successive high tides instead of one. The peak can go beyond what a fast tropical storm reaches and the exposure lasts far longer. Counting how many tide cycles a system will cover tells you more about it than its wind speed does.
These questions come from the Long Branch page.