Serving Hialeah
Humidity & Moisture Drying Hialeah, FL
When the outdoor air is wetter than the building, opening windows adds water. Drying means a closed building and conditioned air. The building is closed to outdoor air and its air is dehumidified, because in the humid season outside air adds water. Materials are read until they match unaffected material in the same building, including inside block and slab.
Switch off the air handler if it is dripping
Often needed alongside
- AC Condensate & Drain Line Leaks
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.
- 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.
Frequently asked questions
What lifts the floor tile in a ground-floor Hialeah apartment?
The city describes its groundwater as lying just below the surface, and in the rainy season the water table rises close to it. More than a third of Hialeah's homes are in buildings of ten or more units, and on a ground floor of the 1970s, tile or vinyl glued straight to the slab takes that moisture from beneath until the adhesive gives way.
What happens to Hialeah streets when the canals are full?
Hialeah's water leaves through secondary canals into the Miami Canal and the Little River Canal. In the rainy season those canals and the city's lakes can reach capacity, and when a canal backs up, the street drains feeding it stop taking water. A downpour then stands at the curb and in parking lots, and ground-floor doors on the lowest blocks are the first it reaches.
Which canals carry Hialeah's rain to the bay?
The Miami Canal and the Little River Canal, the two major canals within the city, which drain the C-6 and C-7 basins. Secondary canals gather water from the land and pass it to them for discharge into Biscayne Bay. The city also holds some 26 lakes, and lots on those lakes see the water rise with the canals through the rainy season.
These questions also sit on the Hialeah page, next to its numbers.