Drying & Restoration
Air movers, LGR dehumidifiers, pumps and scrubbers pros actually use.
Buying guides
- The best air movers for drying wet floors and wallsFor most homes the Dri-Eaz Velo Pro is the air mover to buy: 885 CFM, an adjustable 1.2–1.9 A draw and five positions, so several run on one circuit. The XPOWER P-230AT does three-quarters of the job for a third of the price, and if the wet area is a whole basement you should rent, not buy.Updated October 30, 2026
Calculators
- Drying planner: how many air movers and how big a dehumidifierEnter the room dimensions, the linear feet of wet wall and the class of water loss, and the planner returns an air mover count and a dehumidifier size in pints per day at the AHAM rating, using the IICRC S500 placement rules and dehumidification factors our crews start every job with.Updated October 30, 2026
How-to and problem guides
- How to dry out a flooded basement in 72 hoursSeventy-two hours is not a slogan; it is roughly how long you have before wet drywall and framing start growing mold. This is the sequence our crews follow on a basement loss, written for a homeowner doing it alone: make it safe, stop the water, document, extract, remove what cannot be saved, then dry with air movers and a dehumidifier until a moisture meter says you are done.Updated October 30, 2026