Serving Florence
Structural Drying & Dehumidification in Florence, SC
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 storm made landfall well south of here and this is where it flooded.
That is the usual pattern inland. A system that has come ashore loses its wind and keeps its moisture, and if it slows over the plain it puts down far more rain here than it did at the coast. The damage inland is a rainfall problem rather than a wind or surge problem, and it is frequently the larger of the two. Watching the track after landfall matters more here than watching it before.
It was fine for two days and then the water came.
Rivers on a plain this flat take days to gather what fell across the catchment, so the peak arrives long after the sky has cleared. People stand down in that interval, which is exactly when the moving and lifting should be happening. The river forecast is the thing to follow through that window rather than the weather report.
Sandy soil. Should it not soak away?
It does, for the first foot or two, and then it meets clay and stops. That is why the ground here can be dry underfoot and saturated a spade's depth down, and why a crawl space fills while the yard looks fine. A hole dug in the yard during a wet spell shows exactly where that boundary sits, and it explains most of what a property does.
The same questions, in context, on the Florence mold removal page.