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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 Oldsmar

Across Harbor Palms and Reolds Acre and the rest of Oldsmar, a building still wet days after a leak is one phone call from a local pro. One of Oldsmar's four soil associations carries the city's name: nearly level, poorly drained sands, some weakly cemented by organic matter within 40 inches.

What the homes date from

Since 1990, Oldsmar has added 43.5 percent of the homes it has now, though the median still dates to 1988; builders of each era set the ducts and the cold surfaces where they remain. The 1980s built more of the city's homes than any other decade, about a third of the total by its housing analysis, and where one of those houses sits on a slab over the poorly drained sands here, the summer's rain lingers in the soil against the slab's edge and the base of the wall above it.

The months that matter

Oldsmar spends three months in which the dewpoint never falls below 70 degrees, day or night, from July through September; of 55.21 inches in a normal year, 10.21 fall in July, rain recorded at DUNEDIN 2.8 ESE 5.8 miles away and dewpoint 9.6 miles away. Northeast of Mobbly Bayou the streets generally have no stormwater ponds, so July's downpours travel through shallow ditches and through culverts the tide reaches into on their way to the bayou.

The usual sources here

  • Slabs of 1980s houses, about a third of the city's homes, set over poorly drained sands that hold the summer's rain against the slab edge and the bottom of the wall
  • Streets northeast of Mobbly Bayou with no stormwater ponds, where runoff leaves through shallow ditches and tidally influenced culverts and waits on the tide at high water
  • Lots beside the loosely connected low-lying wetlands north of Tampa Road, whose water stands close to the yards after a run of July storms
  • Above-ground sand filter septic systems at 48 homes on one-acre estate lots in the southeast, raised sand beds that take July's rain along with each household's water

Water Damage Restoration services in Oldsmar

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

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Frequently asked questions

How well does the ground under an Oldsmar slab drain?

Slowly, in most of the city. Oldsmar's conservation data lists four soil associations, one named for the city itself, and describes nearly level sands that are mostly poorly or very poorly drained, some with a layer weakly cemented by organic matter within 40 inches of the surface. Summer rain held above that layer stays against a slab's edge, so the base of an outside wall is the first place to check.

Where does runoff go from the streets beside Mobbly Bayou?

Into the bayou, an area of channels and tidal saltwater marshes north of Mobbly Bay. The sub-basins on its northeast side generally have no stormwater ponds, so runoff travels through shallow ditches and through culverts under the roads that the tide reaches.

Are there homes in Oldsmar with septic systems above ground?

Yes. The city's 2023 background report counts 48 homes in the southeastern part of the city, on one-acre estate lots, that use above-ground sand filter septic tanks. Their raised sand beds take the summer's rain along with each household's water, so after a stormy July a slow tub or toilet in one of those homes is worth tracing back to the bed outside.

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