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Still Wet Days Later

Water Damage Restoration Ocala, FL

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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 Ocala

Across Saddle Oak Club and Camp Roosevelt and the rest of Ocala, a building still wet days after a leak is one phone call from a local pro. Ocala counts some 5,090 homes in buildings of ten or more units, about one in six, each sharing its roof and walls with neighbors.

What the homes date from

Built around a median year of 1984, roughly two thirds of the housing (62.5 percent) in Ocala is older than 1990, so much of it was fitted for cooling the way builders of the mid 1980s went about it. Where a garden apartment building of the mid-1980s stacks two units' air handler closets one above the other, the upper closet's drain line runs down through the lower closet's wall, and a cracked fitting there wets the wall of a unit whose own system is dry.

The months that matter

Ocala averages 82.1 degrees in July, and even its coolest nights, in January, hold a normal low of 45.6; August is the wettest month at 7.95 of 52.17 inches a year, rain recorded at OCALA 1.1 SE 2.1 miles away and temperatures at OCALA 4.5 miles away. Nearly 38 miles from the open coast and some 71 feet above sea level, the city takes its August water from storms and from the air, and a ground-floor unit at the downhill end of a complex sits where the paved runoff of the buildings above it finally collects.

The usual sources here

  • Stacked air handler closets in mid-1980s garden apartments, where the upper unit's drain line runs inside the lower unit's closet wall
  • Ground-floor units at the downhill end of a complex, where runoff from the roofs and paving above gathers at their slab edge
  • Exterior stair landings of concrete over wood framing, where rain held on the landing seeps into the framing beside the upper doors

Water Damage Restoration services in Ocala

AC overflows, wind-driven rain, surge, slab leaks and backflow: local pros in Ocala take each one on.

Areas covered around Ocala

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Frequently asked questions

Why is the air handler closet wall wet in a downstairs Ocala apartment when its own system is fine?

Look upstairs. About one Ocala home in six is in a building of ten or more units, and in many mid-1980s garden buildings the air handler closets are stacked. The upper unit's drain line runs down inside the wall of the lower closet, carrying water every cooling day. A cracked fitting or loose joint there soaks the lower unit's wall while its own system is dry.

Why does water reach the door of a ground-floor Ocala apartment at the bottom of a complex?

Because the paving and roofs above it drain downhill. In a complex laid out on a slope, the runoff from the upper buildings and their parking crosses the grounds toward the lowest corner, and a ground-floor unit there takes it at its slab edge and entry door. A drain or curb that catches the water before it reaches the building helps most.

Can rain on an outdoor stair landing reach the framing of an Ocala apartment?

It can. Many garden apartment buildings have outdoor stairs with landings of concrete poured over wood framing. Where the landing has cracked or slopes toward the building, rain stands on it and seeps through to the wood below and into the wall beside the upper unit's door. Soft trim or stains near the door at the top of the stairs point to it.

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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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