Structural Drying in the United States

Our technicians plan around this detail: It is drying the building itself instead of the contents and surfaces.

During the response, we work from this fact: Usually yes. Our technicians plan around this detail: Framing tolerates short term wetting well and dries back to normal moisture content with proper airflow.

During the response, we work from this fact: Often not: most wall cavities dry through small hidden access, and on a structural work plan we cut only where the gypsum has crumbled, delaminated or been contaminated.

For your property, the useful point is this: Wet fiberglass insulation does, because it holds water and will not dry at a useful rate inside a closed cavity.

To keep the work focused, we start here: It is a temporary sealed space around the wet part of the building, in most cases plastic sheeting taped to existing walls.

As we organize the work, we account for this: It rates the drying load, meaning how much of the total surface area of a space is wet porous material.

To keep the work focused, we start here: Framing and subfloor commonly reach target in four to seven days.