Bryter lists water extraction, structural drying with daily moisture monitoring, thermal imaging, storm and flood damage restoration, fire and smoke restoration, and mold inspection and remediation. Its site names New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender counties as its service area, says it is veteran and family owned since 2009, and lists IICRC-certified technicians, direct insurance billing and 24-hour response.

Listed since 07/23/2022

Water damage in Wilmington

Wilmington sits on the North Carolina coast, where tropical storms are part of the record. Hurricane Florence dropped 23.02 inches at the airport from September 13 to 16, 2018, the largest rainfall from any single event in the city's records, well past Hurricane Floyd's 19.06 inches in 1999. By the middle of that September, 2018 had already set an annual rainfall record, and it finished at 102.40 inches.

Storms are the headline, but damp coastal air matters every month. A house closed up after a leak stays humid, and drywall and framing that stay damp will grow mold. Many Wilmington losses start smaller: a failed water heater, a supply line, or a roof that took a tropical storm's wind-driven rain.

What a water damage job involves

A crew inspects with moisture meters and thermal imaging, removes standing water, and sets drying equipment. Drying is monitored over several days, with readings taken until affected materials match unaffected ones. Flood water from outdoors is treated as contaminated, and porous materials are generally removed.

Ask how often readings will be taken and shared with you, and when equipment will be removed. Our guide to extraction and drying explains the process, and mold after water damage covers what happens when drying falls short.