Serving Fairbanks
Structural Drying & Dehumidification in Fairbanks, AK
Commercial air movers and low-grain refrigerant dehumidifiers pull moisture out of the structure, with daily moisture-meter readings logged for your insurer. 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.
Every pro in our network is licensed and insured in Alaska.
Frequently asked questions
How does permafrost cause a water problem rather than just a structural one?
They arrive together. Heat from a building thaws ground that has been frozen indefinitely; that ice becomes water and the soil loses volume at the same time. The result is settlement and saturation from the same cause, which is why foundation movement and moisture here are usually one investigation.
Thirteen inches of precipitation. Can a building really stay wet?
Yes, because almost nothing evaporates for much of the year. Drying requires energy and air movement, and a deep-winter interior climate supplies neither to a crawlspace or wall cavity. Small amounts of water accumulate over months rather than clearing between events.
Why is breakup treated as its own season?
Because the ground is still frozen below while the surface releases. Meltwater cannot infiltrate and runs laterally across a frozen layer until it meets something, often a foundation. It is a short, concentrated period that delivers most of the year's liquid water at ground level at once.