Serving Lakewood
Structural Drying & Dehumidification in Lakewood, OH
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.
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Frequently asked questions
The lake is two streets north. Is the bluff still the water source?
The bluff is the soil, not the waves. This clay was laid by the lake and still perches water, and a 1938 basement is a hole in that perch. Wave-cut is a cliff story; seepage is a clay story, and most of the housing is the second one.
A double from 1938. Why does my side wet when theirs does not?
Shared walls and separate owners. A failed gutter, a packed tile, or a raised patio on one side sends water along the party wall into the other cellar. The dry side is not proof the wet side has a unique defect; it is often just the downhill half of one assembly.
September remnants. Are those worse than a spring storm here?
They stall. Spring storms move through; a September remnant can sit on the shoreline for a day and keep feeding the same clay. The monthly total is only 3.93 inches, but on a packed streetcar grid that is enough to fill every alley and every original tile run at once.