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Cabinets   Cabinets often get wet when the line to the ice maker burst or the sink overflows. The reasons are many, but there is only one right thing to do once they get a bad soaking. That is to get rid of the standing water immediately. Once the visible water is gone, the structural drying process must begin. When the home or building has been standing in water for days, or if there is an enormous amount of water, and the cabinets are showing obvious deformation, they could be beyond repair. Rarely does that occur from most water damage cases. Most of the time, they can be restored to conditions with no visible damage, and with little or no damage to the integrity of the structure. However, each case if different. Drying cabinets is a little different than drying walls. It takes a special type of air mover. The cabinets block air from getting to the bottom of the wall where the cabinets are attached or under the cabinets themselves. Drying the cavity beneath the cabinets is similar to airing up a football or a basketball. There is a small pin that goes into the football or basketball and a tube attached to the pin for air to pass through from the air pump. We drill a few tiny holes at the back of the cabinets and insert a pin and attach rubber tubing which is hooked up to a special type of air mover designed specifically for this purpose. This air mover is more like an air pump in this case pumping dehumidified air underneath the cabinets. That is not all there is to think about when it comes to drying cabinets. Cabinets are made out different types of material. Many are made of some type of hardwood, and they can be very stubborn when it comes to a complete return to pre-loss moisture conditions. The moisture level in the air must be below 40 grains per pound to dry hardwood. Using a thermo hygrometer the technician will measure the room temperature and the relative humidity. These two numbers are plotted on the psychrometric chart which will give the actual moisture level in the air. If the technician finds that the moisture content of the air exceeds 40 grains per pound, he may be spinning his wheels when it comes to his attempt to dry the cabinets. A dehumidifier must have low grain technology in order to continue dehumidifying the air below 40 grains per pound. A standard refrigerant dehumidifier will not continue drying below 40 grains per pound where a dehumidifier with low grain technology will.