Serving Miamisburg
Structural Drying & Dehumidification in Miamisburg, 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 basins upstream are empty. Is something wrong?
They are supposed to be empty. Each passes the river through an opening at its base and only begins to fill when the flow exceeds what that opening will carry, which is a rare event. A dry basin is the normal condition and a full one means the arrangement is working. It reads as neglect and it is the opposite.
Structures upstream, and the basement still filled.
Because those structures address the river and this was almost certainly not the river. They hold back a regional flood, which is what they were built for. Water arriving through a basement wall or a floor drain during a heavy storm is local: rain on the street, groundwater against the wall, or a line at capacity.
The old landfill on the edge of town is on the low ground.
Much of the older waste ground around here is, because low land was cheap. What that means practically is that floodwater crossing it should be assumed to carry what it finds rather than tested first, and that anything porous it soaked comes out rather than being dried. The county holds records of where those sites are.
These questions come from the Miamisburg page.