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When the Walls Stay Damp

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Following the wet edge across the floor to where it began.

Why a Florida building stays wet: the four things that set that clock, laid out once for the whole state.

Moisture load in Jacksonville Beach

Water in a ceiling, wall or slab anywhere in Jacksonville Beach is one call away from a local restoration pro. Over a quarter of Jacksonville Beach's homes share buildings of ten or more units, each a wall, floor or ceiling from a neighbor's cooling.

When these homes went up

Since 1990, Jacksonville Beach has added 38.5 percent of the homes it has now, though the median still dates to 1983; builders of each era set the ducts and the cold surfaces where they remain. On the ocean face of a concrete building of the early 1980s, onshore rain carries salt into the wall, and with a cooled apartment on the inside the wall dries toward the rooms, leaving a white bloom of salt and a damp line at the foot of the drywall.

When the air turns heavy

Jacksonville Beach spends two months in which the dewpoint never falls below 70 degrees, day or night, in July and August; of 52.44 inches in a normal year, 7.54 fall in August, rain recorded at JACKSONVILLE BEACH 1.1 miles away and dewpoint 17 miles away. The city's center lies right on the open coast at about 8 feet above sea level, so after an August storm the sand beneath a ground-floor unit holds water close under the slab, and rugs, boxes and furniture set flat against that floor take it up.

What holds water in Jacksonville Beach

  • Ocean-facing concrete walls of early-1980s buildings, where salted rain dries inward toward the cooled rooms and leaves a white bloom and a damp line on the drywall
  • Ground-floor condos on sand about 8 feet above sea level, where August's water sits close beneath the slab of the lowest units
  • Storage closets on ground floors where boxes and rugs rest flat on the slab, soaking up the damp that rises through it

Water Damage Restoration services in Jacksonville Beach

Pick the source that fits: the cooling system, a storm, a slab line, rising water or a backup. A local Jacksonville Beach pro handles each, starting with the call.

Areas covered around Jacksonville Beach

The rest of Florida is listed town by town.

Frequently asked questions

What is the white powder on the inside of an ocean-facing wall in a Jacksonville Beach condo?

Salt. Jacksonville Beach lies right on the open coast, and onshore rain drives salt into the concrete of an ocean-facing wall. With the cooled apartment on the inside, that wall dries toward the rooms, and as the water leaves, the salt stays behind on the paint or drywall as a white bloom, often with a damp line at the bottom of the wall.

How does water from one Jacksonville Beach condo reach another?

Through what the units share. Some 3,460 Jacksonville Beach homes, about a quarter, are in buildings of ten or more units, where each air handler, water heater and drain line sits a wall, floor or ceiling away from a neighbor. An overflowing pan or a slow drain in one unit can run along the slab or down a shared wall and appear first in the unit beside or below it.

Why are things stored on the floor of a ground-floor Jacksonville Beach unit damp?

The slab beneath them is. The city's center stands only about 8 feet above sea level, and after summer storms the sand under a ground-floor slab holds water close beneath it. The concrete passes that damp upward, and boxes, rugs and cardboard resting flat on it take it in. Setting them on shelves or plastic feet keeps them clear.

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