Serving Grand Rapids
Structural Drying & Dehumidification in Grand Rapids, 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
May is the wettest month on the gauge. Why is April sometimes worse in the basement?
Breakup arrives first. Lake-effect snow stored all winter melts onto till that is still frozen, and April can deliver that pulse before May's rain even starts. The gauge's wettest month is not always the basement's wettest week, because snow is stored rain with a delayed delivery.
The Grand River is a quarter-mile away. Why would it still show up in the basement?
On the terrace the alluvium is the river's body, not a separate soil. A basement is a hole in that alluvium, and the water table moves with stage even on a dry-forecast week. A high Grand and a clear sky can coincide; the terrace does not wait on local rain.
A party-wall stain in a brick row. Do we open our wall or the neighbor's?
Find the source along the block first. Continuous roofs and shared walls mean the water may have entered two addresses over, and a wet plaster face is only the exit. Looking at gutters and flashing along the row is cheaper than opening one parlor, and it is usually where the actual fault is.