Emergency
Storm Surge & Tidal Flooding Hobe Sound, 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.
Say where the water came from when you call
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
What makes water puddle under a Hobe Sound manufactured home set on a concrete pad?
More than a quarter of Hobe Sound homes are manufactured. Where one sits over a flat poured pad instead of bare ground, the rain that blows or runs under the skirting has nowhere to soak in, so it puddles beneath the belly. The cooled ducts then hang over standing water in still air. A pad that drains to one side, or vents opened on both sides, lets it dry.
What happens inside a closed Hobe Sound manufactured home with the cooling switched off?
A manufactured home's walls and roof are thin, and about one Hobe Sound home in eight is held for seasonal use, so a closed one heats quickly through a June day and cools quickly after dark. By dawn the humid air shut inside meets windows and outer walls colder than itself and leaves water on them, night after night. Leaving the cooling on at a moderate setting stops the cycle.
Can a shed or carport roof overload a Hobe Sound drain field?
It can add to it. Hobe Sound has some 1,004 homes with septic systems on record, and where a carport, shed or awning beside the home empties its roof water onto the drain field, every downpour adds a whole roof of rain to ground the field needs for the household's water. In June that can be enough to fill it. Turning the runoff elsewhere eases the load.
These questions also sit on the Hobe Sound page, next to its numbers.