Serving Gulf Breeze
Wind-Driven Rain Intrusion Gulf Breeze, 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
Why do the windows of an older Gulf Breeze house drip on the outside in summer?
The median house here was built in 1972, and where one still has single-pane aluminum windows, the glass and metal take on the indoor cold. The humid outdoor air condenses on their outer face, and the water runs down into the sill and the wall below. Soft wood or peeling paint beneath a window is the sign that it has been doing so for years.
How does water reach homes along the Gulf Breeze bayous?
Gulf Breeze has 18 miles of waterfront and three protected bayous, with Pensacola Bay to the north and Santa Rosa Sound to the south. In a strong blow, wind can push bay or sound water up a bayou at the same time as rain is falling, so the lowest yards and slabs along its banks take water from the bayou and from above at once.
What happens to a Gulf Breeze septic field when the ground is already soaked?
Some 490 homes in Gulf Breeze have septic systems on record, on a peninsula with water on both sides. After days of heavy rain the soil around a drain field holds all it can, and the household's water has nowhere to go but back toward the house. A toilet or tub that drains slowly the morning after a storm is the first sign of a full field.
For the figures behind these answers, see Gulf Breeze.