Dehumidification is what actually removes water from a building. Air movers pull moisture out of wet surfaces into the room. Without dehumidifiers pulling that moisture back out of the air, it just soaks into drywall and wood somewhere else.
Our crew runs large low-grain refrigerant (LGR) dehumidifiers on most Orem jobs. They keep pulling water even as the air gets drier, which a hardware store unit does not do well. On bigger jobs, or in cold basements in winter, we sometimes add a desiccant dehumidifier, which works better at low temperatures. We size the equipment to the room volume and the amount of wet material, and we check grains per pound in the room every day to see if the setup is working.
Utah County's climate helps and hurts. Outdoor air is dry most of the year, so a closed drying area gets to low humidity quickly. But basements stay cool, and cool air holds moisture against concrete walls and slab. That is why a finished basement can still smell damp weeks after a small leak that was only fanned out.
Dehumidification runs alongside structural drying and starts right after water extraction. Leave the equipment on, even though it is loud. Turning it off at night can add days to the job. Call (385) 853-1062.