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Before anything else: the source of the water, and how far it reached.

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

Fort Myers Beach: why buildings stay damp

From an air handler dripping into a ceiling to a slab that stays damp, one call anywhere in Fort Myers Beach connects you with a local pro working the area. On Estero Island, Fort Myers Beach's roadside swales carry runoff to outfalls, some 408 acres of it draining to Estero Bay.

The housing, by era

The median home in Fort Myers Beach was built in 1983, with 74.7 percent standing before 1990; when a house went up tends to decide where its air handler sits and how far its ducts run through attic heat. More than half the homes are in buildings of ten or more units, and where a building's ground-floor units sit near the road, the roadside swale that carries the island's runoff toward the bay holds each storm's water a few steps from their slab edge and entry doors.

Humid months and wet months

Fort Myers Beach spends three months in which the dewpoint never falls below 70 degrees, day or night, from July through September; of 54.8 inches in a normal year, 9.89 fall in September, rain recorded at SAINT JAMES CITY 0.4 SSE 11 miles away and dewpoint 11.2 miles away. Nearly half the homes are held for seasonal use, and an owner who leaves a window or slider cracked to air out a closed unit lets the island's wet September air, carried straight off the Gulf, flow in all season to settle on cooled walls and fabric.

The soft spots here

  • Ground-floor units beside the roadside swales that carry the island's runoff to its outfalls, where a full swale stands close to the slab edge and the entry doors
  • Basins on the island with little drainage pipe along their roads, where a September downpour waits in the swales until it soaks away or reaches an outfall
  • Seasonal units, nearly half the homes, left with a window or slider cracked open, which lets the Gulf's humid air into a closed unit all season
  • Shared walls in buildings of ten or more units, more than half the homes, where one cracked-open unit's damp air settles beside a cooled neighbor

Water Damage Restoration services in Fort Myers Beach

Each card below is a different source of water. Local pros in Fort Myers Beach handle calls about any of them.

Areas covered around Fort Myers Beach

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Frequently asked questions

Should a window be left cracked open in a Fort Myers Beach unit closed for the summer?

No. Nearly half the homes in Fort Myers Beach are held for seasonal use, and opening a window or slider to air out a closed unit lets the outdoor air in all season. On an island beside the Gulf, that air carries more water through the summer than the rooms can hold, and it settles on cooled walls, mattresses and closet contents. Closed and cooled keeps it drier.

How is rain carried off Estero Island?

Mostly into roadside swales. The town's stormwater plan describes swales that collect runoff and carry it to outfalls, with some 408 acres draining through the town's right-of-way to Estero Bay. Many of the island's basins have pipe along only a small share of their roads, so after a heavy storm the water stands in the swales for a while before it soaks in or reaches an outfall.

What leaves water near the door of a ground-floor Fort Myers Beach condo after a storm?

More than half of Fort Myers Beach homes are in buildings of ten or more units. Where a ground-floor unit sits close to the road, the roadside swale beside it collects the street's runoff and holds it until it soaks in or drains to an outfall. That water rests a few steps from the slab edge and entry doors, which stay wet the longest after a September downpour.

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