Moisture Matters Blog

Choosing the Right Moisture Meter for Your Needs

Moisture can be a major concern for a variety of industries, such as: Read More

Top 3 Moisture Meters for Winter Water Damage Restoration Jobs

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3 Signs You Need a New Moisture Meter

A good moisture meter should be designed for durability due to the sometimes rough nature of their operating environment. Delmhorst’s moisture meters are known for their ruggedness and longevity of withstanding rough work condition with some proper care (storage, ... Read More

4 Reasons to Use a Digital Moisture Meter

For decades, moisture meters have been used by professionals in the farming, restoration, woodworking, and flooring industries to check the moisture content (%MC) of the materials they work with. Read More

What is Moisture Gradient, and How Can You Measure it?

For many moisture measuring applications, simply knowing the highest moisture content of a given material is enough to help guide your decisions. An example of this would be when testing drywall in restoration work. Here, if the moisture content is high, then the ... Read More

How to Separate Moisture Meter Readings by Room or Job

When taking moisture content readings, professionals such as restoration specialists or flooring contractors might need to be able to thoroughly track the moisture readings they take by specific rooms or jobs. Read More

How Moisture Meters Help Ensure a Sound Structure in Construction

Construction crews have a very demanding job. Not only is there a lot of heavy lifting, tight deadlines, and specialized tools required for a successful job, there are an enormous amount of building codes and guidelines that construction workers need to follow. Read More

How to Determine if your Moisture Meter is Accurate

There are a slew of moisture meter manufacturers available for consumers and two tools, pin-type and pin-less moisture meters, that measure the moisture content of a material. Read More

The Most Common Causes of a Bad Moisture Reading

Monitoring moisture is an important part of a surprising number of industries. In many of these industries, the need for an accurate, quantifiable moisture content reading of a material is so great that professionals frequently use specialized equipment for detecting ... Read More

How to Measure Moisture in Paper/Wood Pulp

Have you ever wondered how much paper we recycle as Americans? The answer is half. Read More