Serving Detroit
Structural Drying & Dehumidification in Detroit, MI
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 Michigan.
Frequently asked questions
Water came up through the basement floor drain. Where is it from?
Usually the municipal system rather than your house. When heavy rain overwhelms combined drainage, the surcharge finds the lowest opening on the line, which is your floor drain. That water is treated as contaminated regardless of appearance, so porous material it touched comes out rather than being dried.
How much does the age of the housing here actually matter?
Considerably, because 93% of it predates 1990 and much of it predates damp-proofing entirely. Foundations were built to keep soil out, not water, and mortar that has been cycling through freeze and thaw for eighty years has opened paths that did not exist when the house was new.
Does a vacant house next door affect mine?
It can. An unheated or unmaintained building alongside yours lets damp and cold move along the shared boundary, and a failed roof or gutter next door discharges onto ground that drains toward both foundations. The condition of an adjacent property is a legitimate thing to look at when diagnosing a persistent damp wall.