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Wind-Driven Rain Intrusion Fort Meade, 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 is the siding below a window unit on a Fort Meade manufactured home always wet?
About a quarter of Fort Meade's homes are manufactured, and some older ones are cooled by window units. A window unit pulls water out of the room's air and lets it drip from the back edge outdoors. That drip lands on the siding and skirting below every day the unit runs, and in June it adds to the rain, so that strip of wall and ground stays wet.
Why is there water inside the wall under a window air conditioner in Fort Meade?
A window unit is meant to tip slightly toward the outdoors, so the water it collects runs out the back. If the unit has settled level or tilts toward the room, that water spills from the front edge instead, onto the sill and down the inside face of the wall, often behind furniture. A stain or soft spot below the unit indoors points to the tilt, which is a simple fix.
Does water dripping from a window unit reach under a Fort Meade manufactured home?
It can. The drip from a window unit falls onto the ground along the skirting, and through June that ground is already taking the rain. Soil kept wet at the edge of a home feeds damp air into the space beneath the floor, where the cooled ducts sit. A splash block or short pipe that carries the drip a few feet out keeps that strip of ground drier.
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