Don’t Let Excess Moisture Damage Your Business (Updated 2025)

Business owners and facility managers must address uncontrolled indoor humidity as a critical operational risk. Persistent moisture intrusion poses significant threats, including structural corrosion, water ingress, rot, and mold contamination—each with the potential to disrupt operations, violate code compliance, and compromise safety. For environments utilizing sensitive electrical or mechanical systems, high humidity can directly degrade equipment reliability, shorten service life, and impact core processes.

The cost of remediation and lost productivity far exceeds the investment in preventive controls. Proactively managing humidity supports regulatory compliance, protects your infrastructure, and ensures operational continuity for long-term asset value and performance. To combat these problems in commercial spaces, consider investing in commercial & industrial dehumidifiers designed to remove moisture before it can damage your building or inventory.

Install Proper Ventilation

Your first line of defense is to make sure that your building or shop is well ventilated. If it isn’t, excess moisture will get trapped indoors without a way to escape. This is where the real problems begin. Because the moisture can’t get outside, it can cause condensation, mold growth, corrosion, and even rotting. Once these problems surface, they’re very difficult and expensive to control. Improving ventilation and regulating humidity with humidity control systems can protect equipment and maintain comfortable working conditions.

Use Commercial Dehumidifiers

Commercial dehumidifiers are helpful for buildings and storage areas (including basements, crawl spaces, warehouses, etc.) where moisture can ruin valuables such as stored documents, building materials, carpeting, etc. and also contribute to mold & mildew, etc. When spring arrives, rain and snow melt will cause extra moisture that should be address before it turns into an expensive problem.

Commercial dehumidifiers remove excess water vapor from the air before it can settle on any of your surfaces. Ebac commercial and industrial dehumidifiers are designed with your business in mind. They have units that can accommodate a variety of spaces, even crawl spaces.

How can you tell if the dehumidifier is really working?  Well, you should notice a difference in the air quality within a few hours because the air will feel dryer and a lot more comfortable. Also, you should notice that mold and mildew no longer build up. Other long-term benefits include corrosion prevention, no condensation on the windows and walls, and no moisture-related rotting on any wooden paneling.

Control the Climate

Being able to control the temperature inside your business also makes a difference in the moisture level. For example, did you know that warmer air holds more humidity than cooler air? A commercial system will allow you to easily control the temperature. That way, you can adjust the temperature as needed to help balance out the humidity.

If you have excess moisture in your place of business, it can cause damage to your infrastructure, equipment, and even your products. Alongside dehumidification, drying fans & air movers speed up evaporation on floors and walls, making restoration and cleanup faster and more effective.

Choosing the Right Dehumidifier

Selecting the correct capacity is crucial—use our dehumidifier sizing request form to get a custom recommendation within 24–48 hours and ensure your unit delivers the CFM needed to prevent mold and corrosion.

By installing the right ventilation system and a commercial dehumidifier as well as effectively controlling the climate, you’ll be able to prevent the problem before it starts. Not only that, but you’ll save money, too. For more insights on managing humidity, check out 4 ways indoor humidity can cause problems for your business and learn the signs you need a commercial grade dehumidifier to stay proactive about moisture control.