Serving Orlando
Wind-Driven Rain Intrusion Orlando, 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.
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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
Why does the lake behind an Orlando home rise after a wet week?
Many of Orlando's drainage basins have no surface outlet. Their runoff collects in the lakes, with drainage wells sending overflow down into the aquifer, and about 90 percent of the city's stormwater ends up in a lake. A wet week therefore raises the lake, and the yard, seawall and lowest slab beside it are the first things the water reaches.
What should the owner of an old Lake Eola Heights house watch for in the rainy months?
Lake Eola Heights holds about 570 buildings, among them clapboard farmhouses from 1890 to 1911. Wood siding sheds rain only while its paint and caulk are sound; where they have worn, summer rain runs behind the boards into the wall framing, and the humid air keeps the cavity from giving it up. Soft wood or paint lifting near the bottom of a wall is the sign.
Why would a top-floor Orlando apartment get a ceiling leak with no rain?
Close to two in five Orlando homes are in buildings of ten or more units. Where an air handler sits in the space above a top-floor ceiling, its condensate drain carries water every hour the cooling runs. If that drain clogs, the pan overflows and the water comes straight down through the drywall. A stain near the air handler's access panel is usually the first sign.
Orlando's own page carries them beside the local figures.