WATER DAMAGE
Injectidry system
Residential
CATEGORY 1
Primary bath tub leak Liberty Township, OH
A leaking soaking tub in the primary bath of this Liberty Township home sent water into the floor assembly and down into the ceiling cavities of the dining room and living room below — spaces finished with tray ceilings, crown molding, wainscoting, and a chandelier. Rather than cutting those finishes open, H2O Restoration deployed an injectidry cavity drying system: small injection ports along the ceiling line, directional drying hoses run through the assembly, and monitored daily until all readings reached dry standard. The ceilings and walls were saved.
LOCATION
Liberty Twp., OH
Cause of loss
Soaking tub leak
Drying method
Injectidry in-place
Ceiling demo
None required
PROJECT OVERVIEW
WHAT HAPPENED
The soaking tub in the primary bathroom — marked as the origin on the annotated floor plan — had been leaking at its base, allowing water to travel through the floor assembly and into the ceiling cavities of the dining room and living room directly below. When H2O Restoration arrived, moisture was confirmed in the ceiling and upper wall assemblies of both rooms, but the drywall and finishes had not yet failed visibly. The home's interior is high-end: tray ceilings with coffered detail, full crown molding, picture-frame wainscoting, and a formal chandelier — finishes that would have required extensive and expensive reconstruction if the ceilings had been opened for conventional drying. Instead, the crew deployed a closed-cavity injectidry system — threading flexible drying hoses through small probe holes punched along the ceiling line to direct airflow inside the cavity — preserving every inch of the finished surface while fully drying the assembly beneath it.
The defining decision on this job was choosing injectidry over demo. The ceilings and walls were wet but structurally intact — which meant they were candidates for in-place drying. By accessing the cavities through small injection ports and monitoring moisture daily, H2O Restoration dried the assembly completely without a single piece of trim, drywall, or molding being removed.
JOB DETAILS
- Cause of loss
- Water category
- Drying method
- Ceiling demo
- Finish preserved
- Monitoring
- Insurance support
Affected spaces — from floor plan
- Primary bath (origin)
- W.I.C.
- Bath (secondary)
- Dining room (below)
- Living room (below)
- Basement rec room
- Total affected
Equipment deployed
Injectidry system (PDS-12)
Directional drying hoses — multi-zone
Ceiling injection ports — red-tip probes
XPOWER LGR dehumidifier
Axial air movers (×3)
Moisture meters — daily monitoring
JOB SITE IMAGES
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE DAMAGE
Our process
Work completed
1
Inspection and origin confirmed — primary bath soaking tub
Full inspection of the primary bathroom identified the soaking tub base as the leak source. The migration path was mapped from the bath floor assembly downward into the dining room and living room ceiling cavities below. Moisture readings taken at the ceiling surface in both rooms confirmed active saturation in the concealed assembly.
2
In-place drying assessment — injectidry selected
Before demolition began, a contents team inventoried and packed all belongings from the affected areas into labeled Content Restorology boxes. Toilets removed from both bathrooms were carefully staged in the bedrooms on protective plastic sheeting. All contents were documented for the insurance claim.
3
Injectidry system installation — ceiling probe ports
Small injection holes were drilled along the ceiling line at measured intervals across both the dining room and living room. Flexible drying hoses from the PDS-12 injectidry unit were threaded through the ports, directing pressurized airflow inside the ceiling cavity. Red-tip probes marked each injection point and allowed for easy repositioning as needed during monitoring.
4
Active drying — air movers and dehumidification
Multiple axial air movers were positioned to feed the injectidry system and maintain airflow through the wall cavities behind the wainscoting. An XPOWER LGR dehumidifier captured the moisture extracted from the assembly, venting dry air back into the space. The system ran continuously between monitoring visits.
5
Daily monitoring — readings logged across all zones
Commercial air movers and LGR dehumidifiers were deployed across the 1st and 2nd floors targeting the exposed joist cavity, kitchen subfloor, and bathroom framing. Thermal imaging confirmed no residual moisture pockets in the dining room or 2nd floor bedroom walls before equipment was removed.
6
Final documentation and adjuster scope submission
Complete before-and-after moisture documentation was submitted to the adjuster, including daily reading logs, equipment placement records, and the final dry verification readings. Scope covered: injectidry system deployment, daily monitoring, dehumidification, and source-side investigation at the primary bath — with the basement documented as unaffected. Probe holes were patched and the ceilings required no additional reconstruction.
H2O Restoration uses injectidry technology to dry inside the cavity without touching the surface — saving the homeowner the cost and disruption of reconstruction, and reducing the total insurance claim. We document the decision fully so the adjuster understands exactly why in-place drying was the right call.
I was fully expecting them to tell me they had to cut the ceiling open — that dining room took forever to finish and the thought of redoing it was honestly really upsetting. They came in, took all these readings, and explained why they thought they could dry it without opening anything up. They were right. They came back every day, showed me the numbers, and the whole thing was done without a single piece of molding being touched. I can't say enough about how they handled it.
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