Serving Goodland
AC Condensate & Drain Line Leaks Goodland, FL
An air conditioner makes water every day it runs. When its drain clogs or its pan cracks, that water goes into the ceiling or the slab. The system is switched off to stop the water, and the ceiling, closet and floor below the air handler are opened where the overflow reached. A slow overflow can run for weeks before a stain shows.
Switch off the air handler if it is dripping
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.
- Slab Leak Water Damage
A line leaking under a concrete floor spreads through the slab before it shows. Lifting flooring or a warm patch is often the first sign.
Frequently asked questions
Why is the belly wrap salty and wet under a raised Goodland manufactured home?
Because the wind reaches it. Most Goodland homes are manufactured, and where one stands high on tall piers, nothing slows the air moving beneath the floor. Onshore wind carries rain and salt under the home and lays both on the wrap and the steel frame. The salt holds water from the humid air, so the wrap stays damp long after the rain stops, right against the cooled ducts inside it.
What happens to the carpet in a Goodland manufactured home closed for the summer?
Where the cooling is left off, the air inside comes to match the outdoor air, and the damp from the ground beneath rises through the floor decking. Carpet and pad laid over that decking take up the water and hold it against the wood. A good number of Goodland homes are held for seasonal use, and in those the pad can stay damp from June until the house is opened again.
How close is the ground under a Goodland home to the wet season's water?
Close. Goodland stands only about 6 feet above sea level, so in the wet season the water table sits close beneath the soil under each home. After a September downpour the ground beneath stays wet, and the air trapped inside the skirting carries that water up to the belly wrap and the floor, where it settles on anything cooler than the air.
The page these come from: Goodland water damage.