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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: why buildings stay damp

Across Pine Manor and Botanica Lakes and the rest of Fort Myers, a building still wet days after a leak is one phone call from a local pro. Unmanaged runoff in Fort Myers brings flooding and harm above all to Billy's Creek and the Caloosahatchee River, the city's stormwater division says.

The housing, by era

The median home in Fort Myers was built in 2001, with 37.4 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. Over a third of the homes sit in buildings of ten or more units, and where a mid-rise of around 2000 wears a synthetic stucco skin with no gap behind it, rain that slips past a window joint stays in the wall, held there by units cooled on the other side.

Humid months and wet months

Fort Myers spends three months in which the dewpoint never falls below 70 degrees, day or night, from July through September; of 57.41 inches in a normal year, 10.43 fall in August, both figures recorded at FT MYERS PAGE FLD AP, 3 miles away. Seasonal owners hold some 5,560 of the homes, and in a unit closed through August with last spring's filter still in its return, the choked air handler runs its coil colder until it ices, then floods its pan when the ice lets go.

The soft spots here

  • Synthetic stucco on mid-rise buildings of around 2000 with no drainage gap behind it, where rain past a window joint is trapped against the sheathing by the cooled rooms inside
  • Return filters left in place all summer in seasonal units, some 5,560 of the homes, choking the air until the coil ices and the melt overruns the pan
  • Aging storm pipes and structures that the city is repairing and replacing, where a failed section leaves a downpour standing in the street
  • Lots near Billy's Creek, where the city's runoff gathers on its way to the Caloosahatchee River

Water Damage Restoration services in Fort Myers

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

Areas covered around Fort Myers

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Frequently asked questions

What happens when rain gets behind the synthetic stucco on a Fort Myers condominium building?

More than a third of Fort Myers homes are in buildings of ten or more units. Where a building of around 2000 is clad in a synthetic stucco system with no drainage gap, rain that gets past a joint at a window has no way back out. The units cooled behind the wall keep it from drying inward, so damp spreads below the window long after the storm.

Why should the filter be changed before a Fort Myers seasonal unit is closed?

Some 5,560 Fort Myers homes are held for seasonal use. A filter left in the return all summer slowly chokes the air handler, and with too little air crossing it, the coil runs colder until it ices over. When the ice melts, more water arrives than the pan and drain can carry, and it spills into the closet and the floor around it.

How does runoff from a Fort Myers street reach Billy's Creek and the Caloosahatchee?

Through the city's storm pipes and structures, many of them aging and being repaired or replaced. The city's stormwater division singles out Billy's Creek and the Caloosahatchee River as the waters most harmed by unmanaged runoff, which brings flooding with it. Lots near the creek take that runoff first, so their yards and slab edges stay wet longest after a summer storm.

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