Serving Clermont
Humidity & Moisture Drying Clermont, 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.
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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
Can a crack in the stucco wet the upstairs walls of a newer Clermont house?
Where the upper floor is framed in wood, yes. Stucco over block holds water in the block, but stucco over wood sheathing lets rain past a hairline crack reach the wood itself. The cooled rooms behind keep that sheathing cool, so it dries slowly in humid August air. Paint that blisters on the upstairs walls, or a soft spot below a window, is the sign.
Why does rain end up in the garage of a Clermont house on a hill?
Clermont's hills are rare for Florida, and where a driveway slopes down toward the garage, every downpour sends the runoff from the drive, and sometimes the street above, to the garage door. Water passes under a worn door seal and spreads across the slab to the wall the garage shares with the house. A drain across the foot of the drive stops it short of the door.
How does Clermont handle the runoff from its streets?
The city's stormwater division maintains 88 miles of pipe and drains and 64 retention basins and ponds, with the runoff it manages bound for Clermont's lakes. A lot beside one of those basins sees the water rise after a heavy storm, and a lot at the foot of a slope takes the street's runoff first, so the yard and slab edge there stay wet longest.
For the figures behind these answers, see Clermont.