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A stained ceiling, a damp wall, and one question: what is feeding it?

Why a Florida building stays wet: the four things that set that clock, laid out once for the whole state.

Damp buildings in Clearwater

From an air handler dripping in Barrington Hills, Greenbriar, and Town Place to a slab that stays damp elsewhere in Clearwater, one call connects to an independent contractor working the area. Stevenson Creek drains 6,286 acres of west central Pinellas County, the largest and most urbanized watershed within the city of Clearwater.

What the homes date from

1978 is the median build year in Clearwater, and 75.3 percent of the stock went up before 1990, an age that tends to settle whether the ductwork runs overhead through the attic or below the floor. More than a third of the homes here are in buildings of ten or more units, and where a building cools each unit with a water-source heat pump tied to a shared water loop, the hoses joining the unit to that loop sit in its closet, and one that splits floods the closet and the ceiling below.

The months that matter

Clearwater spends three months in which the dewpoint never falls below 70 degrees, day or night, from July through September; of 56.1 inches in a normal year, 9.43 fall in July, rain recorded at CLEARWATER 1.6 N 1.7 miles away and dewpoint 7 miles away. The city's ground, about 65 feet above sea level, takes in a July downpour quickly, so where a ground-floor wall is wet after a storm, the water has more often come from above, from a balcony slab pitched toward the building instead of away from it.

The usual sources here

  • Water-source heat pumps in buildings of ten or more units, more than a third of the homes, where a split hose to the shared loop floods the closet and the unit beneath
  • Balcony slabs pitched toward the building, where July rain runs back to the sliding door and down into the wall of the unit below
  • Seasonal units, about one home in ten, where a bath fan left running on a timer pulls humid air in through gaps around doors, outlets and pipes
  • Homes beside Stevenson Creek, which drains the city's largest and most urbanized watershed, where each summer storm's runoff passes the lowest yards

Water Damage Restoration services in Clearwater

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Frequently asked questions

Why did a Clearwater condo closet flood when the air handler drain was clear?

More than a third of Clearwater's homes are in buildings of ten or more units. Where a building cools each unit with a water-source heat pump, the unit is joined to a shared water loop by two hoses in its closet. A hose that splits, or a fitting that lets go, keeps spilling loop water until the valves are shut, into the closet and through the ceiling below.

What wets the wall beneath a Clearwater balcony door after a July storm?

Rain sinks quickly into Clearwater's ground, about 65 feet above sea level, so a ground-floor wall that is wet after a storm usually traces to water from above. Where a balcony slab has settled or was poured pitched toward the building, rain runs back to the sliding door and the joint beneath it, and into the wall of the unit below. Water standing at the door shows it.

Can a bath fan make a closed Clearwater condo damper?

It can. About one Clearwater home in ten is held for seasonal use. A bath fan left running on a timer in a closed unit pushes air out, and the same amount comes back in through any gap it finds, around doors, outlets and pipes. That replacement air is the summer's humid air, and it settles in rooms where the cooling is set high and runs only now and then.

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If water is still coming in, close the main shutoff, or switch the air handler off if the water is coming from it, before calling.

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