LA Restoration Rentals supplies dehumidifiers for hire across Los Angeles, by the day, the week or the month, with delivery and pickup. We rent the machines and your team runs them, which keeps a water loss moving without tying up cash in equipment you only need for a week.
Our Dehumidifier Fleet
We stock commercial drying units built for continuous duty, not household humidity control:
- Dri-Eaz LGR 7000Xli. A low grain refrigerant unit that keeps pulling water at low humidity, which is where most jobs are won or lost. The machine for anything expected to run past the first day or two.
- Dri-Eaz DrizAir 1200. A compact, rugged refrigerant unit for smaller rooms and tighter spaces, easy to place and stack.
Both run continuously, drain through a hose rather than a tank where a drain point is available, and are sized for real water losses rather than comfort cooling.
LGR or Standard: Which Dehumidifier to Rent
For a water loss, the dehumidifier does the real work. The air movers lift moisture off surfaces, but the dehumidifier is what pulls that water out of the room. There are two kinds you will run into, and the difference is not size. It is where on the job each one stops being useful.
A standard refrigerant unit pulls warm, wet air over a cold coil and condenses the water out. It works well while the air is warm and damp. An LGR unit, short for low grain refrigerant, pre-cools the air before it reaches the coil, so it keeps pulling water even after the room has dried out a lot and there is little moisture left in the air.
That difference shows up in the second half of the job. A standard unit loses most of its pull once the room drops below about half humidity, which is exactly when the job still has days of work left in the plaster, subfloor and framing. An LGR keeps working at those low levels, so for anything expected to run past two or three days it is usually the right call. A standard unit is fine for a small, fast, watched job.
How to Size a Dehumidifier for the Job
Size by what got wet, not by the square footage of the room. What sets the load is the material and how much of it holds water for a long time. A bathroom leak onto tile and a slab leak under engineered wood can cover the same floor area and need very different machines for very different lengths of time.
The reading that tells you a machine is working is grain depression, the gap in moisture between the air going into the unit and the air coming out. A wide gap means it is pulling real water. A narrow gap means it has run out of easy moisture, and adding a second identical machine next to it changes nothing. If you describe what is wet and how long the job has run, we can match the machine rather than guess.
What You Get With a Rental
- Daily, weekly and monthly rates, so the length of the job sets the length of the rental.
- Delivery and pickup across Los Angeles.
- Commercial units that run unattended where a drain is available, so nobody is emptying tanks overnight.
When a Desiccant Unit Fits Instead
There is a third type worth knowing about. A desiccant dehumidifier pulls moisture onto a drying wheel rather than condensing it on a cold coil, so it keeps working in cold spaces and at very low humidity where a refrigerant unit ices up or stalls. It is the specialist choice, not the everyday one.
In Los Angeles this rarely decides a normal indoor loss, because interior temperatures sit well inside refrigerant territory most of the year. Where it earns its place is an unheated structure opened up on a cold winter night, cold storage, or a job that has to reach a very low target. If your job runs cold or needs to go very dry, tell us and we will point you to the right unit.
Applications Beyond Water Damage
Dehumidifiers do more than dry a flood. The same units are rented for:
- Construction and renovation drying, pulling moisture out of a new slab, fresh plaster or a space before flooring and paint go back.
- Humidity control in storage areas, server rooms and other spaces where damp is a steady problem rather than a one time loss.
- Mold jobs, drying the structure once affected material is out, alongside air scrubbers and containment.
If you are not sure a dehumidifier is the right tool for your situation, describe the space and the problem when you call and we will tell you straight.
Who Rents Dehumidifiers From Us
Restoration contractors who need overflow units when a job outgrew their own fleet. Property managers and HOA staff handling a leak across several units. General contractors drying a structure before drywall, paint or flooring goes back. And homeowners dealing with a small loss who would rather rent the right machine than buy one they will use once.
Why Choose LA Restoration Rentals
We focus on restoration and drying equipment, so the fleet is built for water losses rather than general tool hire. You get the machine matched to the job, delivered, on flexible rates, with the drying side and the air filtration side available from one place when a loss turns into a bigger job.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long will I need a dehumidifier? For a contained loss on hard surfaces, usually three to five days. Plaster, subfloor and concrete run longer because they give up water slowly. The finish point is a moisture reading, not a set number of days.
Do I need an air mover as well? Usually yes. Air movers break the still air against wet surfaces so the dehumidifier has moisture to pull. The two work as a pair.
Can I rent for just a weekend? Yes. Daily rates cover short jobs, and weekly or monthly rates bring the per day cost down on longer ones.
Reserve a Dehumidifier in Los Angeles
Tell us what is wet, how long the job has run, and whether the readings have stopped moving, and we will send the right machine. Call (310) 493-2162 to reserve a dehumidifier rental in Los Angeles.
For a fuller comparison of the two machine types, see our guide on LGR versus standard dehumidifiers.