DryHomeLab is published by the team behind HelpMeNow.com, a marketplace that connects homeowners with vetted local contractors — water-damage restoration, plumbing and waterproofing pros — in minutes. Before that, the same team ran a 24/7 water-damage restoration company in the Seattle area before building HelpMeNow: burst supply lines, failed sump pumps, slow leaks nobody noticed behind a dishwasher, and crawl spaces that had been wet for years. The dehumidifiers, air movers, pumps, moisture meters and leak sensors on this site are the categories we bought, ran, repaired and replaced on those jobs — and the ones the contractors on HelpMeNow still do.
What we are trying to do
Help you buy the right thing once, size it correctly, and know when a problem is beyond a product. A $60 leak sensor placed under the right water heater pays for itself a hundred times over; a dehumidifier that is one size too small never does. The calculators and the published scoring rubric exist so you can check our work.
What we will not do
- Copy Amazon reviews or star ratings. We link to them; we do not launder them.
- Rank by commission. Rankings are produced before links are attached, and the rubric is public.
- Claim lab testing we have not done. Where a score is based on verified specs and field experience rather than instrumented tests, the breakdown says so.
- Sell your emergency to the highest bidder. Requests go through HelpMeNow.com to vetted local contractors, and we say so on every form.
The people
DryHomeLab is written and reviewed by the team behind HelpMeNow.com, a marketplace that connects homeowners with vetted local contractors for water-damage restoration, plumbing and waterproofing. Before HelpMeNow the same team ran a 24/7 water-damage restoration company in the Seattle area; the equipment on this site is what we specified, bought and ran on real water losses. We publish the rubric behind every score.
- Ran a 24/7 water-damage restoration company, Seattle area
- Operate HelpMeNow.com, a contractor marketplace
- Publishes its scoring rubric
Contact
Corrections, questions about a product, or a manufacturer who thinks we got a spec wrong: hello@dryhomelab.com. We update pages when we are shown to be wrong and note the change.