Structural Drying — San Diego, CA
Whether you saw water on the floor or just heard a drip, what happens in the next 30 minutes matters. Stop reading and call if it's the first one. Three things you can count on: we show up when we say we will, we quote before we work, and we don't pad the bill.
Structural Drying in San Diego — what's typical here
Our techs know the San Diego area: housing stock, soil, water main configurations, the parts that usually fail first.
Scope of 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.
Typical investment
Single-zone drying (3-5 days) runs $1,400 – $2,800. Multi-zone drying runs $2,800 – $7,500. Specialty hardwood / plaster drying runs $3,500 – $9,000.
One we ran last year
Got a call last month from a the outskirts San Diego home — any era build. Symptom: hardwood floor cupping after a slow leak. Cause: 3 weeks of moisture trapped in subfloor. Specialty hardwood drying mats with desiccant, 14 days of monitored drying, 70% of floor saved without replacement, all done in before lunch, billed flat-rate at $540.