Structural Drying — Boston, MA
We've been the after-hours number for Boston-area homeowners and a few local property managers since 2019. Calls go to a real person. Most of our work comes from neighbors of past customers. That's the only marketing we trust.
Structural Drying in Boston — what's typical here
Boston's housing market has us seeing a lot of move-in inspections and "the previous owner did what?" calls. We sort them out.
What a typical call looks like
Recent Boston job: hardwood floor cupping after a slow leak in a any era home. We specialty hardwood drying mats with desiccant, 14 days of monitored drying, 70% of floor saved without replacement after diagnosing 3 weeks of moisture trapped in subfloor. Cost ran $425 — pretty middle-of-the-road for that fix.
The actual work
Drying after extraction is what determines whether your loss becomes a $5,000 cleanup or a $25,000 demolition-and-rebuild. Inadequate drying = mold = much bigger problem.
We size drying equipment using IICRC psychrometric calculations: cubic footage of affected space, current moisture content of materials, target dryness, and grain depression of the air.
Typical setup: 1 dehumidifier per 800-1,200 cubic feet, plus air movers at 1 per 50-100 sqft of wet surface. Equipment runs continuously for 3-7 days depending on class of loss.
Daily moisture readings track progress against target. Once materials hit target dryness, equipment comes out and reconstruction can begin.
Fair pricing for this work
For structural drying jobs in the Boston area:
- Single-zone drying (3-5 days): $1,750 – $3,500
- Multi-zone drying: $3,500 – $9,375
- Specialty hardwood / plaster drying: $4,375 – $11,250