Serving Hialeah
Wind-Driven Rain Intrusion Hialeah, 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.
Switch off the air handler if it is dripping
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
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.