06 Mar How To Identify Water Leak Detection In Your Home
Here to talk briefly on moisture intrusion investigation. When you have moisture in your home, typically there is going to be a mold concern.
Any moisture that stays in the sub straight of the building materials for 72 hours or more is considered dwell time. After 3 days, we no longer look at it as a water damage job, we look at it as a suspect mold job.
To deal with moisture, you need to deal with an electronic moisture meter to help determine what the dry state is or what a dry standard is an area of your home or building that’s not damaged, then compare it to areas of concern.
If the moisture meter is reading 20% +, you’re most likely going to have mold growth. We would want to get that down to 16% or less so there would be no chance of mold growth.
How you can check for moisture without using a hand held moisture reader which is only really good for the walls and floors unless they are concrete. You need a special meter for concrete.