Serving Hobbs
Structural Drying & Dehumidification in Hobbs, NM
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.
Quoted on site by the contractor who visits
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
How does a roof unit cause damage inside?
Through the line that feeds it and the opening it sits over. There is a supply run up to the roof and a duct dropping straight down through the ceiling, so a failure at the unit puts water into the ceiling structure and often directly into the room below. Both the line and the opening are checked.
What makes the house more humid than the climate?
Because the cooling works by adding water to the air. A unit of this kind evaporates water to cool, so through the summer the building carries considerably more moisture than the outside air does. That is the normal condition and it is measured at the start, because it is the baseline a drying job works back toward.
Does drying go quickly once the ceiling is open?
Generally yes, and the climate is the reason. With under fifteen inches of rain a year the outside air is very dry, so an opened ceiling gives its moisture up fast. The slow part is what happened before anyone noticed, because a small failure above a ceiling can run for a whole season unseen.
These questions come from the Hobbs page.