Emergency
Storm Surge & Tidal Flooding Casselberry, 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.
Wet days later? That is worth a call
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
Why does the lake side of a Casselberry house stay wetter than the street side?
Almost every address in Casselberry drains toward Lake Jesup, and on a lot that slopes to one of the city's lakes, rain from the street and the upper yard runs downhill past the house. The lake-facing wall, its slab edge and any door on that side sit in the path of that runoff after each June downpour. A swale or grading that carries water around the house, not against it, helps most.
Are some Casselberry lake homes still on septic systems?
Yes. The city's lake management guide notes that several homes on its lakes use septic systems and that sewer is not available everywhere in the city, and state records show some 149 homes with septic systems inside the city limits. Where a drain field sits on the low side of a lot falling toward a lake, it is in the wettest ground, and when June storms fill it, household water rises back toward the lowest drain.
Where does rain that falls on a Casselberry street end up?
Almost every address in the city lies within the Lake Jesup watershed, so the runoff from streets and yards eventually reaches Lake Jesup. On the way it moves downhill, and a house that sits below the street, between it and a lake, is in its path. Driveways and garage doors that face uphill are usually the first places water reaches during a heavy summer storm.
Casselberry's own page carries them beside the local figures.