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Water That Will Not Leave

Water Damage Restoration Lake Alfred, FL

Water that will not dry out is still damage. From Lake Alfred or elsewhere in Florida, a single call reaches a local pro working nearby.

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At the door: where the shutoff is, and whether the AC is running.

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

Where water lingers in Lake Alfred

From an air handler dripping into a ceiling to a slab that stays damp, one call anywhere in Lake Alfred connects you with a local pro working the area. Manufactured homes account for about one Lake Alfred structure in seven, some 400 floors raised over open air on ground about 133 feet up.

Age of the homes

The median home in Lake Alfred was built in 1989, with 52.6 percent standing before 1990; when a house went up tends to decide where its air handler sits and how far its ducts run through attic heat. About 14 percent of the structures here are manufactured homes, and where an older one has its siding fastened straight to the studs, with no sheathing between, a July rain that works behind the siding soaks the wall insulation directly and holds water against the back of the inside panels.

Rain and humidity

The normal dewpoint in Lake Alfred stays at or above 70 degrees around the clock in July and August, reaching 75.6 in August; July is the wettest month, with 7.44 of 46.12 inches, rain recorded 5.7 miles away and dewpoint 31.4 miles away. July brings the town's heaviest storms, and they fall on the drain fields behind some 170 homes with septic systems on record; where a field lies between the house and one of the lakes, the ground it drains into is already the wettest on the lot.

Leaks that go unseen here

  • Siding fastened straight to the studs of older manufactured homes, about one structure in seven here, where rain that gets behind it soaks the wall insulation directly
  • Drain fields between a house and the lakeshore, among the 170 homes with septic systems on record, set in the wettest ground on the lot
  • Lots running down to Lake Haines, a 672-acre public lake, where the ground nearest the water stays wettest and the lowest corner of a house sits closest to it

Water Damage Restoration services in Lake Alfred

The source decides the first step. Local pros near Lake Alfred handle each of these.

Areas covered around Lake Alfred

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Frequently asked questions

What is behind the siding on an older Lake Alfred manufactured home?

Sometimes nothing but insulation. Some older manufactured homes had their siding fastened straight to the wall studs, with no sheathing board between. Manufactured homes make up about 14 percent of Lake Alfred's structures, and on one built that way, rain that gets behind a loose panel or a window trim reaches the wall insulation directly, soaking it and the back of the interior paneling.

Does a drain field near the lake behave differently in a Lake Alfred yard?

Where the field lies between the house and the shore, it sits in the wettest ground on the lot. Lake Alfred has some 170 homes with septic systems on record, and July's storms fill the soil nearest the water first, leaving those trenches the least room. Household water then backs up toward the house sooner than it would from a field set on the higher side of the yard.

How big is Lake Haines, and where does it lie?

It covers some 672 acres and is a public lake situated in Lake Alfred, according to the Polk County Water Atlas. Homes on lots that run down toward it have their lowest ground nearest the shore, and after a July storm that strip stays wettest. The town itself stands about 133 feet above sea level, so the water a house there contends with comes from rain, not tide.

Lake Alfred, FL

Lake Alfred: a stain that keeps growing?

One call, with nothing to fill in, reaches a local pro working the area.

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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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