Emergency
Storm Surge & Tidal Flooding Destin, FL
Surge and tidal water rise from the ground up and carry salt and silt with them. Anything porous they soaked is treated as contaminated. Outside water that rose into the building is treated as contaminated, and porous material it reached is removed. Salt left behind in materials keeps pulling water from the air, so it is cleaned out with the rest.
Shut off the water, then pick up the phone
Often needed alongside
- Emergency Water Extraction
Standing water removed before it soaks into slab, block and flooring - the first step after any failure, and the one humid air makes urgent.
- 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.
- Sewer & Septic Backflow Cleanup
Heavy rain and a high water table can push sewage back through the lowest drain in the building. Clear or murky, it is handled as sewage.
Frequently asked questions
Why did the air handler pan rust through in a Destin condo with a balcony closet?
Salt air is the cause. More than two in five Destin homes are in buildings of ten or more units, and some put each air handler in a closet opening onto the balcony. Salt air off the Gulf reaches the cabinet through the louvered door, and the metal pan under the coil, wet every cooling day, rusts fastest at its corners. A pinhole there sends the coil's water onto the floor.
How does salt on a Destin condo's outdoor cooling unit make the rooms damp?
The outdoor unit sheds the heat the system pulls from the rooms through thin metal fins. Salt carried from the Gulf, about a mile and a half away, corrodes those fins until they shed heat poorly, and the system runs longer and colder at the coil without keeping up. In August the closed unit stays clammy. Rinsing the fins with fresh water slows the corrosion.
Can a closed Destin unit get damp from the occupied units beside it?
Often, yes. Some 5,020 Destin homes are held for seasonal use, so a closed unit often sits between neighbors whose cooling runs every day. Their side keeps the shared walls and floor cool, while the closed unit's air, with its cooling set high, holds more water. It condenses on those shared surfaces, behind furniture and inside closets on the party walls first.
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