Serving Dade City
Humidity & Moisture Drying Dade City, 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.
Wet days later? That is worth a call
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
What softens the floor outside the air handler closet of a Dade City manufactured home?
Often the plenum box beneath it. Close to 500 Dade City homes are manufactured, and where the air handler stands in a closet, cooled air drops into a metal box under the floor before spreading through the belly ducts. That box is the coldest metal under the home, and once its insulation wrap loosens, water forms on it all summer and soaks the decking above.
Do the tie-down straps under a Dade City manufactured home let in damp air?
They can. Where straps were added after the home was set, the installer often cut slots in the bottom board to reach the frame. Unless those slots were taped shut, the humid outdoor air passes through them into the floor cavity, settles on the cooled ducts and soaks the insulation. Checking each strap where it enters the belly shows whether the board was sealed.
Why does the ground under a Dade City manufactured home stay damp after a storm?
Because the sun never reaches it. Dade City stands about 85 feet above sea level, so the water beneath a home is rain from its own roof and yard. Inside the skirting the soil is shaded all day, and after an August storm it holds that rain far longer than the open lawn, keeping the air around the belly wet.
These questions also sit on the Dade City page, next to its numbers.