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A stained ceiling, a damp wall, and one question: what is feeding it?

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

Damp buildings in Miami Gardens

Across Miami Gardens, a building still wet days after a leak is one phone call from a local pro. More than half of Miami Gardens' housing was built between 1950 and 1969, by the city's own housing study, decades before its 2003 incorporation.

What the homes date from

Built around a median year of 1970, over four fifths of the housing (80.4 percent) in Miami Gardens is older than 1990, so much of it was fitted for cooling the way builders of the early 1970s went about it. More than half the homes went up between 1950 and 1969, and where a house of that era had its ducts added later through an attic never laid out for them, long runs pass close to the hot roof deck and sweat wherever their insulation has slumped.

The months that matter

From June through September, any surface in a Miami Gardens building cooler than 70 degrees, a supply duct or a cold water line, sits below the normal outdoor dewpoint at every hour; 68.33 inches fall in a normal year, 10.26 of them in September, rain recorded 1.7 miles away and dewpoint 11.8 miles away. Some 596 homes here still have septic systems on record, and in September, the wettest month, their drain fields in ground about 6 feet above sea level take a month of heavy rain on top of the household's water.

The usual sources here

  • Ducts added to 1950s and 1960s houses after they were built, run through attics never planned for them and sweating where their insulation has slumped
  • Carports or garages enclosed as rooms, where a slab poured lower for a car and a single added duct leave the room damper than the rest of the house
  • Original jalousie windows on older houses, whose louvers never fully seal and let humid air into cooled rooms, where it condenses on the sills and the coldest walls
  • Drain fields set in ground about 6 feet above sea level, taking September's rain with the household's water, behind some 596 homes with septic systems on record

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Frequently asked questions

Why do the ducts in a 1950s Miami Gardens house drip onto the ceiling?

More than half of the city's housing was built between 1950 and 1969. Where a house of that era had central cooling added later, its ducts were run wherever the attic allowed, often close to the hot roof deck. Wherever their insulation has slumped or torn, the cold duct meets attic air and sweats, and the water drips onto the ceiling. Re-wrapping those runs stops it.

Why does an enclosed carport or garage room in Miami Gardens stay damp?

Where a carport or garage has been turned into a room, its slab was poured for a car, usually lower than the house floor, and its cooling often comes through a single duct extended from the main system. The lower slab sits closer to the wet ground, and one duct rarely dries the air enough, so the room's walls and floor stay damper than the rest of the house.

What does September rain do to the septic systems still in use in Miami Gardens?

Some 596 homes in Miami Gardens have septic systems on record, on ground about 6 feet above sea level. In September, the wettest month, the soil around a drain field takes rain day after day on top of the household's water, and when it can hold no more, water backs toward the lowest drain. Cutting back on laundry and long showers until the ground dries helps.

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