Drying a Water Damaged Property – Day 3; we decided to remove he skirting board and drill several of holes into the brickwork that could be easily filled once the drying had finished.
Gravity is our friend during water damage jobs and therefore if we pumped hot air in from a desiccant using a compressor, we could dry the cavity from the inside and capture the air coming out with the refrigerant dehumidifier. The setup can be seen below. The skirting board could be placed back on and no one would see the holes or the fillings.
Water Damage Restoration, and Drying Day 4
Day 4; we returned to find that the house had successfully been dried in under 4 days thank to the heat trailer and our desiccant injection system. Our thermo-hygrometers were checked and the readings documented to ensure that the humidity of the property was acceptable all around.
Final readings were taken; Tramexs and moisture content meters were used to moisture map and establish if the walls were still wet, and how far up (they were now dry). The thermal imaging camera was used to compare to the images taken on day two, and the equilibrium relative humidity of the concrete floor in the basement and under the carpets was measured after 48 hours using an appropriate British Standard measuring system (this can be seen below). All in all, the building was thoroughly dry and therefore reparation works could begin.
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