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First question at the door: where is the water coming from?

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

How long a Fort Lauderdale wall stays wet

Water damage restoration in Fort Lauderdale, including Las Olas, Victoria Park, and Poinsettia Heights, is handled by local pros working the area, whether the water came from the cooling system, a pipe or the weather. Some 44,300 of Fort Lauderdale's 101,700 homes are in buildings of ten or more units, and about 12,700 are held for seasonal use.

The structures themselves

About 73,696 of the 101,691 homes in Fort Lauderdale were finished before 1990, around a median of 1973; a home's age can show in where its condensate drains and what its floor sits on. More than two in five homes here are in buildings of ten or more units, and where a building of the early 1970s leaves its hallways uncooled or feeds them outdoor air, that humid corridor air slips under each unit's entry door and condenses on the cooled wall and floor just inside it.

Weather behind the risk

The air over Fort Lauderdale carries the most water in August, when the normal dewpoint reaches 75.6 degrees, and from June through September it does not drop below 70 even overnight; September brings 8.55 of the 62.97 inches a year, rain recorded at OAKLAND PARK 0.3 SE 2 miles away and dewpoint 26.4 miles away. Through September, the wettest month, a seasonal unit left with its thermostat fan set to run constantly blows the water off its wet cooling coil back into the rooms between cycles, so the closed apartment stays damp even though the system is on.

What to check in Fort Lauderdale

  • Uncooled or outdoor-fed hallways in buildings of the early 1970s, where humid corridor air passes under unit doors and settles on cooled walls and flooring by the entry
  • Seasonal units, about one home in eight, left with the thermostat fan running constantly, which returns water from the wet coil to the rooms between cooling cycles
  • Aluminum balcony sliders in towers of that era, where the frame chilled by the room runs wet on its outer face and soaks the slab edge at the door sill

Water Damage Restoration services in Fort Lauderdale

Each service below begins with one question: where is the water coming from, and is it still coming? Local pros in Fort Lauderdale cover all of them.

Areas covered around Fort Lauderdale

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Frequently asked questions

Why is the carpet damp just inside the front door of an older Fort Lauderdale condo?

More than two in five Fort Lauderdale homes are in buildings of ten or more units. In a building of the early 1970s whose hallways are uncooled or supplied with outdoor air, that humid corridor air slips under each unit's entry door. Inside, it meets the cooled floor and walls by the door and condenses there. A door sweep, and asking whether the corridor air is conditioned, are the places to start.

Should the thermostat fan in a closed Fort Lauderdale seasonal unit be set to on or auto?

Auto. About one home in eight here is held for seasonal use, and a fan left on keeps blowing across the cooling coil between cycles, while the coil is still wet. That water goes back into the rooms as vapor instead of down the drain line, and in September a closed unit set this way can stay damp despite the cooling running. On auto, the coil's water drains away.

Why is the floor wet at the balcony door of a Fort Lauderdale tower apartment from the 1970s?

The median home in Fort Lauderdale was built in 1973. Where a tower of that era still has its original aluminum balcony sliders, the frame takes on the cold of the cooled room, and the humid outdoor air condenses on its outer face. The water runs down to the door sill and the slab edge, which stay wet. Dripping on the balcony side on a still morning confirms it.

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