Serving Ellenton
Humidity & Moisture Drying Ellenton, 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
Can rain get under an Ellenton manufactured home through the skirting vents?
Yes, where the home was set low enough that its skirting vents sit level with the yard. About a quarter of Ellenton's homes are manufactured. Each downpour splashes through vents at ground level onto the soil under the floor, and the air around the cooled ducts takes that water up. Vents set a few inches above the ground, with the soil sloping away, keep the splash outside.
How do the old tabby walls of the Gamble Mansion in Ellenton handle a wet August?
The mansion, built about 1844 and facing the Manatee River, has brick walls some 13 inches thick, finished in stucco, and its north wing and eighteen columns are tabby, a masonry of lime and oyster shell. Masonry like that takes up rain through the wettest weeks and releases it slowly in humid air, so the lowest courses and the column bases stay damp longest.
Why does the belly wrap sweat under a low-set Ellenton manufactured home?
When a home sits low, the cooled ducts in its belly hang close to soil that rain splashing through the skirting keeps wet, in air that barely moves. That air holds more water than the cold duct surfaces allow, so water forms on them and gathers in the wrap. Raising the vents above the ground and keeping the yard sloped away from the skirting gives the air beneath the home a chance to dry.
Each answer ties back to the Ellenton overview.