Serving Mulberry
Wind-Driven Rain Intrusion Mulberry, 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
Can shower steam get into the ducts under a Mulberry manufactured home?
Where the bathroom has a floor register, yes. More than two in five Mulberry homes are manufactured, with their supply ducts in the belly beneath the floor. When the cooling cycles off, warm steam from the shower settles into the still register and down into the duct, where it condenses on the metal. A rusted register or a damp spot below the bathroom is the sign.
What dampens the floor of a bay window in a Mulberry manufactured home?
Where a bay or box window projects past the side of the home, its small floor hangs outside the belly wrap and often has little insulation beneath it. The room cools that floor from above while humid July air moves under it, so water condenses on the underside and soaks into the decking. Insulating and closing in the bay's underside keeps that air off it.
Should a bathroom in a Mulberry manufactured home have its own exhaust fan?
It helps a great deal. Without a fan ducted outdoors, each shower's steam settles on the room's coolest surfaces and, where there is a floor register, down into the duct below. A fan run for a while after each shower carries that water outside instead. Mulberry stands some 115 feet above sea level, so water in a home here comes from inside or above, not the tide.
These questions also sit on the Mulberry page, next to its numbers.