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Before anything else: the source of the water, and how far it reached.

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

DeLand: why buildings stay damp

Across Beresford Woods and the rest of DeLand, a building still wet days after a leak is one phone call from a local pro. DeLand's storm sewer system includes dry-wells, inlets where stormwater soaks into the surrounding ground instead of flowing to a stream.

The housing, by era

The median home in DeLand was built in 1996, with 44.8 percent standing before 1990; when a house went up tends to decide where its air handler sits and how far its ducts run through attic heat. Kept very cold through the summer, a house of the 1990s has drywall on its outside walls whose back runs colder than the humid air that seeps into the wall cavities from outdoors, and that air leaves its water there, out of sight behind the paint.

Humid months and wet months

The normal dewpoint in DeLand stays at or above 70 degrees around the clock in July and August, reaching 74.4 in August; July is the wettest month, with 8.7 of 55.49 inches, rain recorded at DELAND 1 SSE 1.1 miles away and dewpoint 17 miles away. Infiltration matters on this ground about 75 feet above sea level, and where a July downpour's runoff from the street sinks through a dry-well at the curb, the ground at the front of the lot stays wet while the back of the yard has dried.

The soft spots here

  • Dry-well inlets clogged with sand and leaves, where a July downpour that should sink at the curb stands in the street and reaches the lowest driveways
  • Houses kept very cold through the summer, where the back of the drywall on outside walls runs colder than the humid air reaching the wall cavity
  • Low lots along the streams that carry most of the city's runoff to Little Haw Creek, where a summer storm's water passes the yards on its way

Water Damage Restoration services in DeLand

Each card below is a different source of water. Local pros in DeLand handle calls about any of them.

Areas covered around DeLand

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Frequently asked questions

Why does water stand over the curb inlet in front of a DeLand house?

Part of DeLand's storm sewer system is made up of dry-wells, inlets that let stormwater soak into the surrounding ground instead of piping it to a stream. That works only while the inlet and the ground beneath it stay open. Once sand, leaves and grass clippings fill one, a July downpour stands in the street and spreads toward the lowest driveways and garage doors until it soaks away.

Can keeping a DeLand house very cold make its walls damp?

It can. Outdoor air seeps into the cavities of outside walls all summer, and where the rooms are kept very cold, the back of the drywall runs colder than that air. Water condenses on it, out of sight, and shows as soft spots, lifting paint or damp behind furniture set against those walls. A moderate setting keeps the drywall warm enough that the air passing it stays dry.

Why does the front yard of a DeLand house stay wet after the back has dried?

Where a dry-well sits at the curb in front of the lot, the street's runoff from a July storm sinks into the ground right there rather than flowing away. DeLand stands about 75 feet above sea level, and the city counts infiltration as particularly important to its drainage, so that patch takes the street's water as well as its own rain and stays soft after the rest has dried.

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