Cork rarely gets the hard, dry cold that pulls water out of a building. A damp week off the Atlantic does the opposite, so opening windows in January will not bring a soaked floor back to a normal reading. Drying firms place dehumidifiers and air movers to a calculated layout and come back to read the walls until the numbers drop. The building decides the kit. A Georgian hall in the city with lime plaster and original boards needs a gentler hand than a slab floor in a unit at Little Island. Ballincollig estate houses with pumped cavity insulation can hold water inside the wall. Underfloor heating has to be mentioned before anyone drills for a drying mat. For a shop on Oliver Plunkett Street or a surgery in Douglas, the machines are noisy and run day and night. Put your opening hours on the form so the plan can work around them.
Ask where readings will be taken, what the target is, and for a written drying log you can hand to the loss adjuster.
List the floor type, any underfloor heating, recent insulation work and the hours the rooms can be left with machines running.
Mild, damp Cork winters slow natural drying, so mechanical drying is normal here, especially in stone and brick buildings.