Serving Fort Myers
Wind-Driven Rain Intrusion Fort Myers, 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.
Shut off the water, then pick up the phone
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
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.
The page these come from: Fort Myers water damage.