Serving Paterson
Structural Drying & Dehumidification in Paterson, 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
The rain stopped yesterday and the river is still rising.
This river takes days to deliver what fell on it. The catchment above is broad and its lower channel is narrow, so the crest works downstream slowly and reaches the city long after the sky has cleared. Anyone judging by the weather outside will misjudge the timing; the gauges upstream are what give the real warning.
The same streets flood every time.
They do, because they sit on the low ground inside the river's bends, and that geography does not change between events. Repetition here is a feature of where the neighborhoods were built rather than of how any particular storm behaved. The historic flood extents are well documented for exactly this reason.
How much does the waterfall affect things?
Less than people assume. The falls are a drop in the river rather than a control on it, and high flow passes over them and continues. What matters below is the shape of the channel and the flat ground beside it, not the drop itself.
The same questions, in context, on the Paterson mold removal page.