Serving Lake Alfred
Humidity & Moisture Drying Lake Alfred, FL
When the outdoor air is wetter than the building, opening windows adds water. Drying means a closed building and conditioned air. The building is closed to outdoor air and its air is dehumidified, because in the humid season outside air adds water. Materials are read until they match unaffected material in the same building, including inside block and slab.
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Often needed alongside
- AC Condensate & Drain Line Leaks
An air conditioner makes water every day it runs. When its drain clogs or its pan cracks, that water goes into the ceiling or the slab.
- Wind-Driven Rain Intrusion
Wind pushes rain sideways through window frames, stucco and the base of the wall. The roof can hold and the house still take water.
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.
For the figures behind these answers, see Lake Alfred.