Emergency
Storm Surge & Tidal Flooding Altamonte Springs, FL
Surge and tidal water rise from the ground up and carry salt and silt with them. Anything porous they soaked is treated as contaminated. Outside water that rose into the building is treated as contaminated, and porous material it reached is removed. Salt left behind in materials keeps pulling water from the air, so it is cleaned out with the rest.
Say where the water came from when you call
Often needed alongside
- Emergency Water Extraction
Standing water removed before it soaks into slab, block and flooring - the first step after any failure, and the one humid air makes urgent.
- Wind-Driven Rain Intrusion
Wind pushes rain sideways through window frames, stucco and the base of the wall. The roof can hold and the house still take water.
- Sewer & Septic Backflow Cleanup
Heavy rain and a high water table can push sewage back through the lowest drain in the building. Clear or murky, it is handled as sewage.
Frequently asked questions
Why would a ground-floor Altamonte Springs apartment flood from its air handler closet when nothing in it is broken?
In buildings where several apartments' condensate lines run into one shared drain, a blockage near the bottom of that drain stops all of them at once. The water from the units above then backs up and spills out at the lowest connection, which is often a ground-floor air handler's pan. Building maintenance can clear the shared line; replacing the unit's own equipment will not help.
Can water come up through the slab of an Altamonte Springs home?
It is rarely the first suspect here. The city stands about 80 feet above sea level on sandy ground that drains soon after the rain stops, so a damp floor usually has a source inside the building: a supply line, a shower pan, a condensate line or a water heater. Checking those, and the walls nearest them, before looking at the ground saves time.
Where does the water from an Altamonte Springs apartment building's cooling end up outside?
Each air handler sends its condensate out through a drain line, and in many buildings those lines end beside the foundation, in a planter or on a walkway. With more than a third of the city's homes in buildings of ten or more units, that can be a steady flow every cooling day, keeping the soil at the slab edge wet. Lines that end well away from the wall avoid it.
For the figures behind these answers, see Altamonte Springs.