Serving Bradenton
Wind-Driven Rain Intrusion Bradenton, 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.
Shut off the water, then pick up the phone
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 puts a stain on a downstairs Bradenton apartment ceiling when the unit above has no leak?
Look at the ducts between the floors. More than a quarter of Bradenton homes are in buildings of ten or more units, and in a framed building of the early 1980s the upper unit's supply ducts may run through the cavity between the two floors. Where outdoor air reaches that cavity at its edge, it condenses on the cold metal, and the water lands on the ceiling below.
How does rain leave a Bradenton street?
Into the storm drains along the curb and through the city's storm sewer system, untreated, to the Manatee River and on to Tampa Bay and the Gulf. That only works while each drain stays open. Where a complex's parking lot slopes to one catch basin, leaves and grass clippings in its grate can hold an August downpour against the closest ground-floor door.
Can the condensate lines of a Bradenton apartment building keep the ground wet?
They can. Each unit's air handler sends the water it pulls from the air out through a small line, and in many complexes those lines end side by side against the building. Every cooling day they wet the same strip of soil, and through August it never dries, so the slab edge and the bottom of the wall beside it stay damp. Carrying the lines farther out spreads that water.
Bradenton's own page carries them beside the local figures.