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AC Leaks and Storm Water

Water Damage Restoration Miami Beach, FL

Miami Beach and the rest of Florida: when a wall or floor stays wet long after the leak, one call puts it with a local pro.

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Many of these jobs start under the air handler or along a slab.

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

What keeps Miami Beach buildings wet

Water in a ceiling, wall or slab in Miami Beach, from South Beach, Española Way, and North Beach across town, is one call away from a local restoration pro. Miami Beach is a barrier island over porous limestone, where high groundwater limits how much rain the ground can absorb.

The age of the buildings

The median home in Miami Beach was built in 1969, with 77 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. Nearly four in five homes here are in buildings of ten or more units, and in an older tower cooled by chilled water piped up through the floors, insulation that has split on a riser leaves the cold pipe sweating inside the walls of every unit it passes.

The humid season

Miami Beach spends four months in which the dewpoint never falls below 70 degrees, day or night, from June through September; of 57.18 inches in a normal year, 8.45 fall in September, rain recorded at MIAMI BEACH 1 mile away and dewpoint 10.5 miles away. The ground beneath the island is porous limestone, affected by the surrounding bay and ocean water, so a September downpour lands on a water table already near the surface and collects on ground-floor slabs, in parking levels and at the foot of elevator shafts.

Where water settles in Miami Beach

  • Chilled-water risers in older towers, where split insulation leaves a cold pipe sweating inside the walls of each unit along its run
  • A high water table in porous limestone, which leaves heavy rain standing on ground-floor slabs, in parking levels and at elevator pits
  • Units held for seasonal use, about one in five, whose air handlers restart in the fall after months idle, with condensate lines that dried and clogged while the coil sat warm

Water Damage Restoration services in Miami Beach

Start from what you found - a stain, a wet floor, or a wall that will not dry. Local pros working Miami Beach pick it up from there.

Areas covered around Miami Beach

More Florida towns are on the locations page.

Frequently asked questions

Why does one wall of an older Miami Beach condo stay damp all summer?

Nearly four in five Miami Beach homes are in buildings of ten or more units. Where an older tower is cooled with chilled water piped up through the floors, the riser runs inside the walls. If its insulation has split, the cold pipe sweats, and the water soaks the wall from within along the riser's path. Building engineers can say where the risers run.

Why does rain stand so long on the ground floor of a Miami Beach building?

Miami Beach is a barrier island, and the city describes its subsurface as porous limestone with high groundwater, affected by the surrounding bay and ocean. A heavy rain has little dry ground to soak into, so it collects where the building is lowest: lobbies, garages, parking levels and elevator pits. Those are the places to check after a September storm.

Why does a seasonal Miami Beach unit's air handler overflow in its first week back?

About one Miami Beach home in five is held for seasonal use. While a unit's system sits idle, its condensate line dries out and whatever was in it settles and hardens. When the cooling restarts in the fall, the coil sends water down a line that can no longer carry it, and the pan overflows. Flushing the line before switching the system on avoids it.

Miami Beach, FL

A Miami Beach leak that will not dry out?

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The call is free and binds no one

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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