Serving McDavid
Wind-Driven Rain Intrusion McDavid, 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.
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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
Why is the bottom edge of the siding swollen on an older manufactured home near McDavid?
Hardboard lap siding, common on older manufactured homes, is pressed wood fiber, and its cut bottom edge drinks water. Across the area around McDavid nearly a fifth of the homes are manufactured, and on those clad this way, rain running down the wall soaks each board's lower edge until it swells and splits, then holds water against the board below. Paint kept on those edges slows it.
Can a drain field up the slope wet the ground under a manufactured home near McDavid?
Yes, where the field sits uphill of the home. After a run of July storms the soil around the trenches is full, and household water the field cannot hold travels downhill through the ground. It can surface beneath the home, inside the skirting, where the humid air keeps it from leaving. Across the 32568 ZIP code area, 348 properties have septic systems on record.
What do pine needles do to the roof of a manufactured home near McDavid?
They hold water where the roof is weakest. On a low-slope roof under tall pines, needles collect along the seams and in the gutters, and every shower soaks them. The wet mat keeps the seams wet for days and dams the gutters, so the next downpour spills down the wall instead of away from it. Clearing them after the summer storms keeps the roof and the walls drier.
For the figures behind these answers, see McDavid.