Emergency
Storm Surge & Tidal Flooding Bonita 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.
Switch off the air handler if it is dripping
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
How should a dehumidifier drain in a Bonita Springs house closed for the summer?
Into a fixed drain, with the hose fastened so it cannot pull free. Nearly three Bonita Springs homes in ten are held for seasonal use, and a dehumidifier left running in a closed house collects water every day. A hose that slips from a floor drain or standpipe sends all of it across the floor, under the cabinets and into the base of the walls for as long as the unit runs.
Why is the duct jacket wet under a Bonita Springs manufactured home?
Manufactured homes make up about one Bonita Springs structure in nine. Where one carries its cooled air through flexible ducts beneath the floor, each duct has an inner liner, a layer of insulation and an outer jacket. Once the liner tears, cold air reaches the insulation, the jacket runs colder than the June air around it, and water beads along it and drips. Replacing that length of duct ends it.
Does a dehumidifier replace the cooling in a closed Bonita Springs house?
Not entirely. A dehumidifier takes water out of the air but gives off heat as it works, so in a closed house in June the rooms warm while it runs. Where the cooling is set high but still on, the two work together: the cooling holds the temperature down, and the dehumidifier removes the water that the short cooling cycles of a closed house leave behind.
For the figures behind these answers, see Bonita Springs.