Serving St. Albans
Structural Drying & Dehumidification in St. Albans, VT
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 Vermont.
Frequently asked questions
The lake is miles away. Why would it still set the humidity?
Champlain is large enough to cool the air over this plain even at a few miles. Cool air over wet clay keeps dew points up, so a brick basement that would dry in the hills stays at the edge of condensation. Distance from the shore is not the same as inland climate.
A crack opened in a dry month and leaked in June. Same crack?
Usually. Champlain clay shrinks when it dries and the wall follows it a little; June swell closes some cracks and uses others as inlets. The movement is seasonal. Sealing the crack without draining the clay just moves the opening to the next weak joint.
Railroad-era brick. What fails first in a wet year?
The mortar and the parapet. Lime mortar takes water, and a low-slope commercial roof drains to an internal leader that rusts out of sight. By the time a stain shows on a party wall, the water has been in the masonry for a long time.