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Wind-Driven Rain Intrusion Fort Pierce, 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.
Wet days later? That is worth a call
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
Should furniture be covered with plastic in a Fort Pierce house closed for the summer?
Plastic is the wrong cover. About one Fort Pierce home in ten is held for seasonal use, and a sheet of plastic over a sofa or mattress traps a pocket of humid air against the fabric. With the cooling set high, the room around it dries a little, but the air under the sheet does not, and the fabric stays damp all season. Breathable cotton covers let that air move.
How can a September downpour reach the inside wall of a Fort Pierce condominium?
Some buildings of ten or more units, which hold about one Fort Pierce home in five, drain their flat roofs through leader pipes run down inside the walls, so every heavy rain passes through them. A joint that has worked loose lets that water into the wall cavity of the unit the pipe passes, so a stain can appear mid-wall during a storm with nothing leaking above it.
What happens along Moore's Creek in a wet September?
Moore's Creek takes the runoff from a 2,382-acre basin and carries it to the Indian River Lagoon, and the city widened it to give it more room to store water. After heavy September rain it holds that water between its banks, so yards backing onto it have their lowest ground beside a high creek. Slab edges, patio slabs and doors on the creek side are the places to check.
These questions also sit on the Fort Pierce page, next to its numbers.