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Wind-Driven Rain Intrusion LaBelle, 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.
Wet days later? That is worth a call
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
Can a LaBelle manufactured home that is out of level cause a leak?
It can. Close to a quarter of LaBelle's homes are manufactured, and a home that has settled on its piers tilts everything inside it, including the air handler's drain pan. When the pan leans away from its outlet, the water the coil pulls from the air collects at the low corner and spills over onto the floor decking. Releveling the home brings the drain back into line.
What leaves water between the panes of an older LaBelle manufactured home's windows?
Where an older home has storm windows over its original sashes, the gap between them takes in outdoor air. In June that air is humid, and the inner glass is cooled by the room, so water condenses on it and runs down onto the sill. Wet sills and stained trim below the windows are the usual sign.
How close is LaBelle to the Caloosahatchee River?
The town sits on it. The county's nature park in LaBelle lies along the Caloosahatchee, and its boat ramp is on the north bank just over the bridge in town. The river runs about 75 miles from Lake Okeechobee to the Gulf of Mexico, and homes near its banks take air that has crossed the water on the way to them.
Back to LaBelle for the housing and weather behind them.