Moisture & Indoor Air Quailty
Coastal South Carolina is
undoubtedly one of the most
beautiful places on earth to call
home. Unfortunately, our
wonderful Lowcountry experience
also comes with moisture and
indoor air quality challenges as
unique as the region. GLS
Egnineering & Testing is proud to call the Lowcountry home
and is committed to providing our neighbors with services to
address and overcome the obstacles presented by our
warm, humid environment.
GLS offers a wide range of engineering and installation services geared toward residential and light commercial markets with a primary focus on diagnostic assessments, moisture control and indoor air improvements. For the existing home or business owner, we offer realistic solutions for controlling excessive interior/substructure moisture and optimizing interior environmental performance. Our services are tailored to the individual client and can range from a preliminary investigation to a turnkey, designed and implemented solution. Our unique design/build approach is unparalleled in the Lowcountry and results in turn-key solutions with no loss of communication between the diagnosis/design phase and the final installed product. We are also available to work with your existing contractor and provide them with recommendations, scopes of work and construction-phase technical assistance.
On new residential
construction, our
engineering services can
be instrumental in
preventing many of the
moisture/indoor air-related
issues that plague so many
of our homes like interior &
substructure mold, cupping
floors, sweating air conditioning ducts/registers, inadequate
temperature control, unacceptable indoor air quality and
structural decay. Although a mechanical (HVAC, air
conditioning) design by a registered engineer is required for
commercial construction, residential construction has no
such requirement and the mechanical design (if any, usually
none) is left to the mechanical contractor. The irony is that
today's typical residential construction is far more complex
than the average commercial project. Even if the air
conditioning is properly sized, failure to properly integrate
the A/C system with the structure can lead to the
aforementioned moisture-related problems.
Our engineering and forensic services include construction defect investigations, expert witness services, moisture cause and origin studies, mold investigations, building envelope analysis, damage evaluations, water intrusion studies, HVAC analysis/design and recommendations for addressing excessive moisture and improving HVAC systems and indoor air quality.
