Structural Drying — Washington, DC
We've been the after-hours number for Washington-area homeowners and a few local property managers since 2019. Calls go to a real person. What you get with us: licensed work, upfront pricing, a tech who can read what's wrong before opening up a wall.
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.
Ballpark numbers
Single-zone drying (3-5 days) runs $1,750 – $3,500. Multi-zone drying runs $3,500 – $9,375. Specialty hardwood / plaster drying runs $4,375 – $11,250.
What's specific about Washington jobs
Around here, the most common calls we run come from older homes near the city center and newer subdivisions on the fringe — different problems, same crews.
Most of our Washington structural drying jobs come from older neighborhoods, where the housing stock just has more failure points.
Other services we run in Washington
- Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration in Washington
- Burst Pipe Cleanup & Restoration in Washington
- Basement Flooding Cleanup in Washington
- Mold Remediation in Washington
- Sewage Cleanup in Washington