Serving Montrose
Structural Drying & Dehumidification in Montrose, VA
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
What is the old tank still doing there?
Nothing, which is the problem. When the sewer arrived the house was connected to it and the tank was disconnected and left in the ground rather than crushed and filled, so there is a buried chamber in the yard that nobody has thought about in forty years.
How does it affect the house?
Through the ground and through the old runs. A collapsing tank takes the soil above it down, which changes the fall of the yard toward or away from the building, and the pipes that used to serve it are still there as routes for water to follow back toward the foundation.
Is the old tank worth dealing with?
It usually comes up once one has been found, and filling it properly is straightforward, where a collapse is not. The old runs are capped at the same time, because those are what carry water back to the house long after the tank stops mattering.
Read it with the local conditions on the Montrose page.