Serving Everett
Structural Drying & Dehumidification in Everett, WA
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
Which half of the city is this address in?
It is the first question worth answering, because the two behave nothing alike. On the bluff the water arrives sideways out of the slope and the work is interception above the building. On the flats it arrives from beneath, held up by the river and the tide, and the work is a sealed crawl with a pump under it. Applying the bluff remedy on the flats, or the reverse, is the most common wasted expense here.
Nothing dries out between October and April.
That is the season rather than a fault, and it changes the arithmetic on repairs. A small leak has five months to work rather than five days, and material that would shed a summer soaking on its own never gets the chance. The practical consequence is that anything found in November is worth dealing with in November: waiting for better weather means waiting until April, by which time the damage is done.
The crawl on the flats is wet and the yard is not.
On the delta the water arrives from below rather than across. The level under that ground is held up by the river and by the tide behind it, so it rises into the crawl while the surface above stays perfectly dry. Gutters and grading do nothing about that. A sealed ground barrier with a pit and a pump beneath it is the arrangement that works down there.
This FAQ belongs to the Everett page; it is repeated here.