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Before anything else: the source of the water, and how far it reached.

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

Lakeland: why buildings stay damp

From an air handler dripping in Creekbend to a slab that stays damp elsewhere in Lakeland, one call connects to an independent contractor working the area. Lakeland has 38 named lakes inside its limits, and many are connected through the city's stormwater system, so upstream water reaches downstream lakes.

The housing, by era

Since 1990, Lakeland has added 37.2 percent of the homes it has now, though the median still dates to 1983; builders of each era set the ducts and the cold surfaces where they remain. Some 8,200 homes here are manufactured, about one in seven, and where a lawn sprinkler's head stands near a home's skirting, each cycle sprays through the vents onto the soil beneath the floor, wetting the ground under the cooled ducts on days the rain has already done so.

Humid months and wet months

In July and August, any surface in a Lakeland building cooler than 70 degrees, a supply duct or a cold water line, sits below the normal outdoor dewpoint at every hour; 52.28 inches fall in a normal year, 8.88 of them in July, rain recorded at LAKELAND 5.3 WNW 5.4 miles away and dewpoint 36.3 miles away. Even with the city's point about 202 feet above sea level, many of its lakes are linked by storm drains, so July's rain on the higher streets can travel through those connections into a lake below, and a lakeside yard sits beside water rising with what fell upstream as well as on it.

The soft spots here

  • Sprinkler heads aimed at the skirting of manufactured homes, about one in seven, spraying through the vents onto the soil under the cooled floor
  • Lakeside yards on lakes linked by the city's storm drains, where water from higher streets raises the lake after a July storm has passed
  • Water heater relief and pan lines that end beneath a manufactured home, emptying any discharge into the closed space around the belly

Water Damage Restoration services in Lakeland

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Areas covered around Lakeland

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Frequently asked questions

Can a lawn sprinkler wet the ground under a Lakeland manufactured home?

It can. About one Lakeland home in seven is manufactured, and where a sprinkler head stands close to the skirting, each cycle sprays through the vents onto the soil beneath the floor. That ground then stays wet even on dry days, and the air around the cooled ducts in the belly takes on its water. Turning heads away from the home, or capping the ones nearest it, keeps that soil drier.

After the rain has stopped, what keeps a Lakeland lake rising?

Lakeland has 38 named lakes, and many are connected through the city's stormwater drainage system. Rain on streets and neighborhoods upstream moves through those connections into a lake below, so a lake can keep rising after a July storm has passed. The city monitors levels on 14 of its lakes and keeps them within a range set by the regional water management district.

Under a Lakeland manufactured home, where does the water heater's relief line end?

A water heater has a relief valve, and often a pan, each with a line to carry away water it releases. Where those lines simply end beneath the home rather than outside the skirting, any discharge goes into the enclosed space under the floor, where the cooled ducts already gather moisture. Following each line to its end, and extending it beyond the skirting, sends that water into open air.

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