
Frozen pipe dried in a Derry Village kitchen
The problem. During a stretch of single-digit nights, a copper line in an exterior kitchen wall of an older Broadway-area home froze and split, and it ran down through the cabinets and into the basement once it thawed.
What we did. We shut the water at the main, opened small controlled access points to dry the wall cavity and cabinet bases in place, then set air movers and a dehumidifier and tracked moisture daily until the framing read dry.
Equipment. A moisture meter and thermal camera to map the wet path, air movers, and a low-grain refrigerant dehumidifier.
Outcome. The kitchen dried in four days with no mold, the homeowner's plumber repaired the split line, and the loss was fully documented for the claim.






















