Serving Lockport
Structural Drying & Dehumidification in Lockport, NY
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 canal is higher than some of the ground beside it.
It is, because it was cut and embanked to hold a navigable level across a landscape that falls away. That is an engineered water level rather than a natural one, maintained to a schedule and drawn down seasonally. It behaves nothing like a river, and properties alongside it are dealing with a structure rather than a stream.
There is solid rock a short way beneath the yard.
Dolomite, and it is close to the surface across much of the city. Rock takes no water, so the thin soil above it fills within minutes and everything after that runs across the surface or along the rock face. A site on rock has very little storage, which is why water arrives quickly and appears against walls well above any water table.
Should the deep cut through town affect anything?
It is the lowest line in the local landscape and it collects drainage from a good deal of ground on either side. Water moving along the rock finds its way toward it, which concentrates flow through the properties in between. Where a parcel sits relative to that line explains a lot that the street layout does not.
This FAQ belongs to the Lockport page; it is repeated here.