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Before anything else: the source of the water, and how far it reached.

Why a Florida building stays wet: the four things that set that clock, laid out once for the whole state.

Bokeelia: why buildings stay damp

From an air handler dripping into a ceiling to a slab that stays damp, one call anywhere in Bokeelia connects you with a local pro working the area. Lee County's Pine Island plan names Bokeelia among three communities whose septic drain fields along saltwater canals it would assess.

The housing, by era

Built around a median year of 1990, about half of the housing (49.6 percent) in Bokeelia is older than 1990, so much of it was fitted for cooling the way builders of the early 1990s went about it. About a third of the homes are held for seasonal use and about a quarter are manufactured, and where a manufactured home closed for the summer has thin gypsum ceiling panels fastened between its roof trusses, those panels take up the trapped humid air for months and begin to bow between their supports.

Humid months and wet months

The normal dewpoint in Bokeelia stays at or above 70 degrees around the clock from July through September, reaching 75.5 in August; September is the wettest month, with 9.89 of 54.8 inches, rain recorded at SAINT JAMES CITY 0.4 SSE 13.5 miles away and dewpoint 18.5 miles away. On ground about 7 feet above sea level, a drain field laid along a saltwater canal has the canal's water close beside it, and in September, the wettest month, the rain fills what soil lies between the two until the field has nowhere to send the household's water.

The soft spots here

  • Gypsum ceiling panels in manufactured homes closed for the summer, about a quarter of the homes, bowing between the trusses as they take up humid air
  • Drain fields along saltwater canals, among the 261 homes with septic systems on record, with only a narrow strip of soil between field and canal to hold September's rain
  • Aluminum carports and awnings fastened to manufactured homes, whose roofs empty their rain along the side of the home onto the skirting line

Water Damage Restoration services in Bokeelia

Each card below is a different source of water. Local pros in Bokeelia handle calls about any of them.

Areas covered around Bokeelia

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Frequently asked questions

Why are the ceiling panels bowing in a Bokeelia manufactured home that sat closed all summer?

About a quarter of Bokeelia's homes are manufactured and about a third are held for seasonal use. Where a manufactured home has thin gypsum ceiling panels fastened between its roof trusses, a summer shut with little or no cooling lets those panels take up humid air for months, and they soften and bow between their supports. A sag that stays once the rooms are dry marks the panels that took the most water.

How does September rain affect a drain field beside a Bokeelia canal?

Lee County's Pine Island plan singles out drain fields along Bokeelia's saltwater canals for study, and 261 homes here have septic systems on record. Where a field lies beside a canal on ground about 7 feet above sea level, September's rain fills the narrow strip of soil between them, and the field stops taking water. Inside, a tub that drains slowly or a toilet that bubbles is usually the first sign.

Where does the rain from an awning on a Bokeelia manufactured home end up?

An aluminum carport or awning fastened to the side of a manufactured home sheds its rain off its own edge, and where it slopes toward the home, that water lands along the skirting. On low ground the strip beneath the home's edge stays soaked, and the air under the floor, where the cooled ducts run, takes on that water. Turning the awning's fall away from the home, or adding a gutter, moves it.

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