Emergency
Storm Surge & Tidal Flooding Goodland, 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.
Switch off the air handler if it is dripping
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
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.