Serving Lakewood
Structural Drying & Dehumidification in Lakewood, OH
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 wet wall is the one facing the neighbor.
That side takes two roofs' worth of water onto a strip a few feet wide, and there is rarely anywhere for it to go. The gap is usually flat, often paved, and the downspouts from both houses frequently discharge into it. Sorting it out requires the neighbor's agreement because the ground and the water are shared, which is why it so often goes unaddressed for decades.
Where should a downspout discharge on a lot this narrow?
Toward the street or the rear rather than into the gap, and onto the ground rather than into any buried line. There is often not much choice, which is why extending a downspout along the side of the house to daylight at the front or back is the usual answer here. What matters most is that it does not end within a few feet of the foundation.
The house has one drain and everything is connected to it.
On stock of this age the footing drain, the downspouts and the waste line frequently all meet in the same pipe, which was standard practice at the time and is a real load on the system now. Groundwater collected at the foundation goes into a line intended for waste, so during a wet spell it runs full before anything is added. Separating those, with the ground water going to a pit and a pump, is the usual remedy.
These questions come from the Lakewood page.