Serving Dade City
Wind-Driven Rain Intrusion Dade City, FL
Wind pushes rain sideways through window frames, stucco and the base of the wall. The roof can hold and the house still take water. The walls on the side the wind came from are traced first, at windows, sliders, the base of the wall and the soffits. Block that took on water is dried from inside the closed building rather than left to the outdoor air.
Shut off the water, then pick up the phone
Often needed alongside
- Humidity & Moisture Drying
When the outdoor air is wetter than the building, opening windows adds water. Drying means a closed building and conditioned air.
- Storm Surge & Tidal Flooding
Surge and tidal water rise from the ground up and carry salt and silt with them. Anything porous they soaked is treated as contaminated.
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.