Miami Beach Unit Wall and Ceiling Drying: A Documented Case
On December 27, 2025, a pin meter in a unit in a Miami Beach multi-unit building read 9.7% to 30.3% on its WOOD scale and 21.4% to 24.6% on its BLDG scale across painted walls. Restoration Doctor of South Florida logged the job in 1,084 photos through February 2026. This case gives each reading, its scale and its time.
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- Place
- Miami Beach, FL (city only; no street or building is published)
- Photo file
- 1,084 CompanyCam photos, December 27, 2025 to February 20, 2026
- Wall readings shown
- Six, all from December 27, 2025, each with its WOOD or BLDG scale
- Room-air readings shown
- Three, on December 27, 2025, January 6, 2026 and January 7, 2026
- Phone
- (786) 213-9489
Wall readings at the arrival visit, December 27, 2025
During the arrival visit the crew went over the walls with a pin-type moisture meter. The display shows which scale is selected, WOOD or BLDG. Both are relative scales: on drywall a value is a comparison, not a measured moisture content of the gypsum, so every number below is printed with its scale. These are the six wall readings whose digits are legible in the photos, in the order they were taken. Times are Eastern time from the photo records.
- 29.5% on the WOOD scale at 5:36 p.m. This is the “before” frame on the project card.
- 9.7% on the WOOD scale at 5:36 p.m., six seconds later.
- 30.3% on the WOOD scale at 5:45 p.m., beside torn-open drywall (first photo below).
- 28.8% on the WOOD scale at 5:45 p.m.
- 24.6% on the BLDG scale at 5:46 p.m. (second photo below).
- 21.4% on the BLDG scale at 5:58 p.m. (third photo below).
What the file says about a dry standard
A note attached to the 5:46 p.m. photo in the CompanyCam file reads “Dry standard up to 24%.” The note names no material and no scale, so this page treats it as a note on a photo, not as a dry standard of its own. The guide linked below explains how dry standards are set.
The legible wall readings in the file are all from December 27, 2025. The file holds no photo of a final wall reading, so this page does not say the walls reached a dry standard.
Room-air readings on three days
Handheld meter displays in the file show room-air humidity on three days, each with the air temperature beside it. The temperature was different each time, 76.1°F, 76.5°F and 87.4°F, so the three humidity numbers are not a drying curve. The displays label each number as relative humidity (RH).
- 64.7% RH at 76.1°F, December 27, 2025, 5:44 p.m.
- 63.4% RH at 76.5°F, January 6, 2026, 5:22 p.m.
- 60.2% RH at 87.4°F, January 7, 2026, 12:31 p.m.
The work the photos show, in order
On December 27, 2025 the crew used a thermal camera as well as the pin meter. On January 3, 2026 the photos show plastic sheeting taped up around the work area and the ceiling drywall opened to the joists, with a flexible duct and insulation exposed. By January 5, 2026 the kitchen shows air movers and other drying equipment set among opened walls and an open ceiling.
The file continues to February 20, 2026 with later work this page does not describe. Its last photos show dehumidifiers lined up in a corridor, an empty room and dehumidifiers strapped onto a truck bed. The file records no dry date and no equipment count, so this page gives neither, and it states no drying time.
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