Serving Hastings
Wind-Driven Rain Intrusion Hastings, 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.
Shut off the water, then pick up the phone
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
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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