Emergency
Storm Surge & Tidal Flooding Fort Myers Beach, 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.
Say where the water came from when you call
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
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.
The page these come from: Fort Myers Beach water damage.