Serving Burbank
Structural Drying & Dehumidification in Burbank, CA
Sealed air movers and dehumidifiers bring framing, subfloor and drywall back to a measured dry standard, with daily readings logged from inside the material. The wet area is sealed, air movers and dehumidifiers run as one system, and the material is read at marked points every day against a dry standard from an unaffected room. The equipment leaves on the readings rather than on a date, and the final readings are logged so the rebuild starts on a documented dry structure.
No obligation: the assessment comes before any scope
Often needed alongside
- Emergency Water Extraction
Standing water is pumped and extracted around the clock, before it climbs the walls and soaks the subfloor. Same-day response where coverage allows.
- Mold Inspection & Testing
An independent assessor confirms whether the assembly that got wet is actually dry, whether growth started while it was not, and how far it reaches.
Frequently asked questions
What is the space under the back porch?
A partial cellar, dug out when the house was built to give somewhere for the furnace and for storage. It is not a basement in any finished sense: the walls are often bare earth or unlined concrete and there is rarely any drainage in it.
Why does the cellar fill?
Because it is the lowest point on the lot and nothing was built to take water out of it. In a wet February the ground water rises into it and surface water finds its way down the stair, and there is no drain and usually no pump.
Does it matter if nothing is stored there?
It does, because of what is kept there. The furnace, the water heater and frequently the electrical panel are all down in that space, so a cellar that seems unimportant holds the equipment the whole house depends on, standing in whatever has collected.
The Burbank overview carries this FAQ with the city research.