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The opening is closed, the water is extracted, materials floodwater touched come out, and the structure is dried and rebuilt in that order. The opening is closed first, with tarps or board-up, so the building stops taking on water. Floodwater is extracted, and the porous materials it touched come out rather than dry, since it crossed ground outside. The structure is dried and re-read, and the rebuild waits until the readings and the roof both allow it.
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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.
- Structural Drying & Dehumidification
Sealed air movers and dehumidifiers bring framing, subfloor and drywall back to a measured dry standard, with daily readings logged from inside the material.
- Sewage & Contaminated Water Cleanup
Sewage and black-water losses are contained, the materials the water touched are removed and disposed of, hard surfaces are disinfected, and the space is dried to a reading.
Frequently asked questions
Why are readings taken at the same time every day?
Because otherwise they cannot be compared. The swing between a cold dawn and a warm afternoon is large enough to move a reading by a meaningful amount without anything actually changing in the wall. Taking them at a fixed hour, in a building held at a stable temperature, is what makes the daily trend mean something.
The surface dries within a day. Is the wall finished?
Almost certainly not. Dry air pulls the face of a material down very quickly and the inside of the cavity follows much more slowly, so the fastest-drying surfaces here are the most misleading. The reading that counts comes from inside the wall through a small opening, and it is taken on consecutive days before anything is closed.
Does a masonry wall run longer than a framed one?
Often twice as long. A framed cavity can be opened at the base and dried with air moving through it in three or four days. Solid masonry has to give its water up through one face at whatever rate the material allows, and there is no way to speed that beyond warming it and keeping the air around it dry.
These questions come from the Boulder page.