Serving Kissimmee
Wind-Driven Rain Intrusion Kissimmee, 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
How can a slow bathroom sink flood a Kissimmee apartment's air handler closet?
Buildings of ten or more units hold about one Kissimmee home in five. Where a unit's condensate line is tied into the bathroom sink's drain instead of running to its own outlet, the two share one pipe. When hair and soap slow the sink, the cooling's water cannot get past, and it backs up into the air handler's pan until the pan spills. Clearing the sink drain clears both.
Why does rain reach the door of a ground-floor Kissimmee apartment?
Where an apartment complex's parking lot slopes toward the buildings rather than away, a June downpour runs off the asphalt in a sheet and gathers at the nearest wall. Ground-floor doors and slab edges on that side take it first.
Does living far from the coast make a Kissimmee house drier inside?
Not inside. Kissimmee stands about 70 feet above sea level and some 49 miles from the open coast, so tide and salt spray never reach it, but the summer air carries as much water here as on the shore. Every cooled room still draws that water onto its coldest surfaces, and the air handler's condensate line still carries some of it out of the house every day.
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