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Wind-Driven Rain Intrusion DeLand, 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.
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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
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.
For the figures behind these answers, see DeLand.