Plymouth & Devon
Wet plasterboard does not always mean ripping out walls and ceilings. Caught early, we can often dry it in place and save you the cost and mess of a full re-sheet and re-plaster.
Plasterboard soaks water up and holds it. Left wet it sags, crumbles and grows mould, but caught early it can often be dried in place with the right equipment, saving a full re-sheet, re-plaster and repaint and the disruption that comes with it.
If the board has swelled, come away from the wall or been soaked by contaminated water, we will tell you honestly that it needs replacing, and handle the strip-out and drying so a dry wall is ready to re-sheet.
Plymouth has a lot of post-war housing alongside the older terraces in Stonehouse and Devonport, and rendered walls are common across Devon. When rain drives in or a pipe bursts, plasterboard ceilings and stud walls take the hit first. We dry those, and the suspended timber floors below that can stay wet long after the ceiling looks dry.
Often yes, if we get to it early. We dry it in place where we can and only recommend replacing board that has swelled, come away or been contaminated.
We use air movers and dehumidifiers and, where needed, small access points to dry the wall cavity, monitoring moisture readings until they reach a dry standard.
Plasterboard usually dries within a few days to a couple of weeks depending on how wet it is. We confirm it with moisture readings rather than guesswork.
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