Serving Redmond
Structural Drying & Dehumidification in Redmond, 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
Valley floor or plateau: which applies to this house?
It is the first thing worth settling, because they are unrelated problems. On the floor the water arrives from beneath as the river holds the level up, and the work is a sealed floor with a pump. On the slopes it arrives sideways along a buried layer, and the work is interception above the building. Neither remedy suits the other.
Seven inches in December and nothing dries until April.
Five months without a break changes the timing of work rather than the need for it. A defect found in November has the whole winter to act on a building with nothing drying in the meantime, so holding off for better conditions means holding off until April and paying for a larger repair when it comes.
The river through the valley is a salmon stream with protections on it.
It is, and that constrains what may be done to the banks and to the strip alongside far more than most owners expect. Work near the channel needs approval that work a little further up the slope does not. Finding that out before a scheme is designed rather than after saves the whole design.
The Redmond overview carries this FAQ with the city research.