Structural Drying in the United States

With a crew geared up, it is drying the building itself instead of the contents and surfaces. For an always-ready response, that means framing lumber, wall cavities, subfloor, joists, plaster, masonry and slabs.

Because we answer at any hour, ordinarily yes. With a crew geared up, framing tolerates short term wetting well and dries back to normal moisture content with proper airflow.

With a crew geared up, in many cases 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.

So mobilization stays on track, wet fiberglass insulation does, because it holds water and will not dry at a useful rate inside a closed cavity.

With a crew geared up, it is a temporary sealed space around the wet part of the building, ordinarily plastic sheeting taped to existing walls.

So mobilization stays on track, it rates the drying load, meaning how much of the total surface area of a space is wet porous material.

Because we answer at any hour, framing and subfloor in most cases reach target in four to seven days. With a crew geared up, plaster and lath, concrete slabs and multi layer floor assemblies can run ten days or longer.