Serving Avon Park
Wind-Driven Rain Intrusion Avon Park, FL
Wind pushes rain sideways through window frames, stucco and the base of the wall. The roof can hold and the house still take water. The walls on the side the wind came from are traced first, at windows, sliders, the base of the wall and the soffits. Block that took on water is dried from inside the closed building rather than left to the outdoor air.
Say where the water came from when you call
Often needed alongside
- Humidity & Moisture Drying
When the outdoor air is wetter than the building, opening windows adds water. Drying means a closed building and conditioned air.
- Storm Surge & Tidal Flooding
Surge and tidal water rise from the ground up and carry salt and silt with them. Anything porous they soaked is treated as contaminated.
Frequently asked questions
What does a damp spot on the ground under an Avon Park manufactured home tell an owner?
Where the rest of the yard has dried after a June storm but one patch under the home stays dark, the water is usually coming from the home itself: a condensate line, a supply fitting or a drain joint above that spot. Avon Park stands some 143 feet above sea level, beyond any tide, so looking straight up from the wet patch is the quickest way to the leak.
How does the cooling's water leak inside the belly of an older Avon Park manufactured home?
Close to one Avon Park structure in seven is a manufactured home. In some, the air handler's drain line drops through the floor and runs inside the belly wrap before it reaches open air. Over the years that line can sag and hold water, and a joint can work loose, so the cooling's daily water soaks the insulation where nobody sees it. A heavy, low spot in the wrap marks it.
What happens when the floor insulation falls under an Avon Park manufactured home?
Batts of insulation fastened beneath the floor sometimes slip and lie loose on the belly wrap. The floor decking above is then bare on its underside, and with the rooms cooled, that wood runs colder than the summer air moving under the home, so water condenses on it and soaks in. Soft spots in the floor near outside walls, or insulation lying loose in the wrap, are the signs.
Each answer ties back to the Avon Park overview.