Serving Provo
Structural Drying & Dehumidification in Provo, UT
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
This ought to drain and it does the opposite.
Fine lake sediment behaves nothing like sand even where it looks similar. The particles are small enough that water moves through them extremely slowly, so a hole dug in it fills and stays full and a drain laid in it gathers far less than the same drain would in coarser ground. Timing how fast a test pit actually empties should decide any drainage design here.
Bench or valley floor: does it change the answer?
Entirely. On the bench the water travels sideways along a buried layer and emerges on a face, and the work is interception above a building. On the lake floor it arrives from beneath through fine soil that will not drain, and the work is a sealed floor with a pump. Applying one remedy to the other situation is the most common waste of money here.
The lake has stood higher for several years running.
Its level follows multi-year cycles rather than single seasons, and it is managed for water rights on top of that, so a wet run raises it and it stays raised until a dry run brings it back. Ground that was comfortably clear of it through a dry decade can be marginal in a wet one, which is what catches owners on the low ground.
These questions come from the Provo page.