Emergency
Storm Surge & Tidal Flooding Hastings, 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
Can water get into the ducts under the floor of a Hastings house?
It can, where a house of the early 1970s carries its cooled air through ducts cast into the concrete slab. On ground only about 9 feet above sea level the soil around them stays wet through the summer, and water seeps in at their joints. Air from the floor registers then feels damp at the start of each cycle, and a light shone down a register can show standing water.
Why does water collect at the doors of a Hastings apartment building after a June storm?
Some homes in Hastings are in buildings of ten or more units, and where a building has one long roof, its gutters gather the rain from that whole roof and carry it to a few downspouts. Where those downspouts empty close to the entry doors, a June downpour lands there all at once and pools against the door sills and slab edge. Extensions that carry the water a few feet out keep it away.
How does groundwater end up inside a Hastings septic tank?
On ground only about 9 feet above sea level, the water table can rise close to a buried tank in the wet season. Where the tank's joints or pipe connections have opened, that groundwater seeps in, and the tank fills with water the household never sent it. Hastings has 54 homes with septic systems on record; one whose drains slow through June without heavy use may be taking water this way.
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