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Jacksonville and the rest of Florida: when a wall or floor stays wet long after the leak, one call puts it with an independent local pro.

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Many of these jobs start under the air handler or along a slab.

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

What keeps Jacksonville buildings wet

Water damage restoration in Jacksonville, including Miramar Terrace, Norwood, and Mandarin, goes to independent contractors working the area, whether the water came from the cooling system, a pipe or the weather. Riverside's historic district holds about 2,120 contributing buildings, many of its frame houses resting on brick or concrete block piers instead of a slab.

The age of the buildings

Built around a median year of 1987, a little over half of the housing (55.1 percent) in Jacksonville is older than 1990, so much of it was fitted for cooling the way builders of the late 1980s went about it. In Riverside, on the west bank of the St. Johns River, hundreds of those older houses are wood frame on brick or block piers, and once the rooms are cooled, the underside of each floor sits colder than the damp air moving beneath it.

The humid season

Jacksonville spends two months in which the dewpoint never falls below 70 degrees, day or night, in July and August; of 53.1 inches in a normal year, 7.84 fall in September, rain recorded at JACKSONVILLE 4.2 ESE 4.5 miles away and dewpoint at JACKSONVILLE NAS 7.2 miles away. Avondale, beside it, was built out before 1928 in brick, stucco and coquina concrete block, and through the wettest weeks those walls take up rain that they release only slowly into air with no room left to absorb it.

Where water settles in Jacksonville

  • Frame houses in Riverside set on brick or block piers, where humid air passing under an air-conditioned floor leaves water on the boards and on any ductwork run through the crawl space
  • Avondale's 1920s walls of brick, stucco, tile and coquina concrete block, which soak up rain in the wet months and give it back slowly, inward as well as out
  • Some 14,000 homes with septic systems on record, where days of heavy summer rain can leave a drain field with nowhere to send the water but back toward the lowest drain in the house

Water Damage Restoration services in Jacksonville

Start from what you found - a stain, a wet floor, or a wall that will not dry. Independent contractors working Jacksonville pick it up from there.

Areas covered around Jacksonville

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Frequently asked questions

Why does the floor of an old Riverside bungalow feel damp in July?

Many of Riverside's frame houses and bungalows rest on brick or concrete block piers, with outdoor air moving freely under the floor. When the house is cooled, the underside of the floorboards and any ducts run beneath them sit colder than that air, and water condenses there. Looking under the house after a humid stretch, at the joists, the duct wrap and the ground, shows whether it is collecting.

Do Avondale's masonry houses take on rain differently from frame ones?

They hold it differently. Avondale was built out mostly in the 1920s in brick, stucco, tile and coquina concrete block, and those walls absorb rain through the wet months rather than shedding all of it. They release it slowly, inward as well as out, so a damp patch on an inside wall can appear days after the rain itself has stopped.

What does a run of heavy summer rain do to a Jacksonville septic system?

Jacksonville has some 14,000 homes with septic systems on record. After days of heavy rain the soil around a drain field can fill with water, leaving the household's wastewater nowhere to go, and it backs toward the house through the lowest drain: a shower, a floor drain or a ground-floor toilet. Easing off laundry and long showers until the ground drains gives the field time to recover.

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If water is still coming in, close the main shutoff, or switch the air handler off if the water is coming from it, before calling.

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