Serving Callahan
Wind-Driven Rain Intrusion Callahan, 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.
Switch off the air handler if it is dripping
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 round stain on the ceiling under the attic ducts of a newer Callahan house?
Usually a sagging duct. Most Callahan homes were built after 1990, and many carry their cooled air through flexible duct in the attic. Where a run has slipped between its straps and hangs in a low loop, the coldest air settles in the dip, the outer jacket there runs colder than the attic air, and water drips from it onto the drywall. Strapping the run straight again ends it.
Is it a problem to pile mulch against the foundation of a Callahan house?
It can be. A mulch or soil bed built up against the slab soaks up every summer storm and holds that water right at the joint where the wall sits on the concrete. Callahan stands about 17 feet above sea level, and a bed kept a few inches below the top of the slab, sloping away from it, lets that joint dry between storms instead of staying wet.
How do summer storms affect a Callahan drain field?
They fill it first. Callahan has some 22 homes with septic systems on record, each sending its wastewater to trenches in its own yard. After a week of heavy summer rain those trenches already hold the storm's water, so the household's water has less room, drains slow, and the lowest fixture in the house is where a full field shows itself first.
The page these come from: Callahan water damage.