Serving Lake Alfred
Wind-Driven Rain Intrusion Lake Alfred, 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
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.