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The Science of Structural Drying
In the past a trial and error approach lead to conclusions and approaches that were okay for the time, but became obvious that companies were overlooking some areas, and focusing too much on others. The traditional approach of tearing up the carpet and pad in Category One water damage mitigations and floating the carpet to dry it down is a thing of the past. Previously, the focus was on the carpet and carpet pad and not on the walls and structure, or an "inside out" approach to drying. Now, we dry from the "outside in" because our focus is on the walls and structure (Outside). The carpet and carpet pad (In) are one of the first building materials to dry in the drying process. Simply stated, the science of structural drying is the application of Psychrometry to any given water damage mitigation to ascertain how best to bring the moisture levels of the structure and contents down, effectively using the best applications and technology. Structural Drying can Reduce and even Eliminate Demolition There are many media hyped myths about what you have to do with building materials that get saturated due to a water intrusion. When it comes to any water damage mitigation, it is our goal to get your structure dry as fast and as inexpensive as possible. Most building materials can and will return to their original condition, if dried quickly and professionaly. Salvaging and drying as much of the wet affected building materials as possible will:
Drying Chambers: Wet Always Goes to Dry...When It Can. Simply stated, if the air inside the affected area is drier, the moisture inside the structure will have to come to it. If we are drying a 2000 square foot house where only 800 square foot of the basement is wet, it makes sense to block off the wet area from the other 1200 square feet of living space that is dry. It might be as simple as putting up plastic or closing a door, but by isolating the wet area you are able to place (within the Drying Chamber) the equipment it takes to dry only the wet 800 square feet, instead of 2000 square feet. Not only does this expedite drying, it reduces noise from the drying equipment if someone is still occupying the unaffected area of the structure. And it also means less equipment, which in turn lowers the cost of the structural dryng process and reduces the necessary energy consumption. Water Screams to get out of Materials - High Pressure is Drawn to Low Pressure. |
As the science of structural drying has evolved, Advanced Restoration Corp. has learned how to be more effective in our applications of equipment and energies in order to reduce the moisture content inside any structure. The study of 
