Conditions first, treatment second
Visible growth is the symptom, not the cause. A dependable plan traces water entry, weighs humidity and material condition, contains the work, and verifies the result when finished.
Build a complete scope
- The origin of the damp, settled before a remediation cost is offered
- Whether ambient sea-air humidity, not a leak, is what keeps it wet
- How old plaster and masonry assemblies change containment and removal
- What comes out against what is cleaned, with that judgment explained
- Verification, and the dehumidification strategy that keeps it away
Savannah context
Coastal humidity here is high enough for most of the year that an assembly taking on water does not dry on its own, and that single fact drives the trade. A high water table keeps ground moisture available under raised floors and slabs continuously. Air conditioning then supplies a second mechanism that needs no leak at all, condensing humid air on cooled surfaces and inside wall cavities. And wind-driven rain arriving horizontally pushes water into wall assemblies through gaps a vertical drip never finds, so problems commonly surface months after the storm that caused them.