Serving Chiefland
Humidity & Moisture Drying Chiefland, FL
When the outdoor air is wetter than the building, opening windows adds water. Drying means a closed building and conditioned air. The building is closed to outdoor air and its air is dehumidified, because in the humid season outside air adds water. Materials are read until they match unaffected material in the same building, including inside block and slab.
Switch off the air handler if it is dripping
Often needed alongside
- AC Condensate & Drain Line Leaks
An air conditioner makes water every day it runs. When its drain clogs or its pan cracks, that water goes into the ceiling or the slab.
- 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.
Frequently asked questions
Why is the paint blistering low on the inside of a Chiefland block wall?
Plaster or paint applied straight to concrete block, wherever a house of the mid-1970s was finished that way inside, leaves no air space between the masonry and the room. Water the block takes in through the wet months moves through to that finish, and the paint lifts in blisters, usually low on the wall where the block stays wettest. The outside face of the same wall is where to look for the cause.
Can the afternoon sun push water through the walls of a Chiefland house?
It can. Through August, sun on a rain-soaked block wall warms it, and the water it holds moves toward the cooler side, which in a cooled house is the inside. On the sunniest walls the inside finish can stay damp into the evening even on a day without rain. Damp that shifts from wall to wall with the sun points to this rather than to a leak.
After a stormy week, what makes a Chiefland toilet bubble when the shower runs?
After a week of August storms the soil around a drain field can be full, and the tank's level rises until it backs into the pipe from the house. Water from the shower then pushes the air in that pipe out through the nearest fixture, and the toilet bubbles. Chiefland has some 90 homes with septic systems on record. Easing off water use until the ground firms up lets the line clear.
For the figures behind these answers, see Chiefland.