Emergency
Storm Surge & Tidal Flooding Ormond Beach, FL
Surge and tidal water rise from the ground up and carry salt and silt with them. Anything porous they soaked is treated as contaminated. Outside water that rose into the building is treated as contaminated, and porous material it reached is removed. Salt left behind in materials keeps pulling water from the air, so it is cleaned out with the rest.
Shut off the water, then pick up the phone
Often needed alongside
- Emergency Water Extraction
Standing water removed before it soaks into slab, block and flooring - the first step after any failure, and the one humid air makes urgent.
- Wind-Driven Rain Intrusion
Wind pushes rain sideways through window frames, stucco and the base of the wall. The roof can hold and the house still take water.
- Sewer & Septic Backflow Cleanup
Heavy rain and a high water table can push sewage back through the lowest drain in the building. Clear or murky, it is handled as sewage.
Frequently asked questions
What does the onshore wind do to an older oceanfront condominium in Ormond Beach?
The oceanfront condominiums the city's housing study lists on Ocean Shore Boulevard and South Atlantic Avenue went up between 1969 and 1981. Their ocean-facing walls take the wind's rain and salt from outside while the cooling keeps them cold from inside, so water that works into the wall moves toward the cooled rooms. Damp spots along the ocean side, near slab edges and window corners, are the sign.
Where does condensation collect under a manufactured home in Ormond Beach's planned communities?
The city counts 1,880 manufactured homes in four master-planned communities and 443 more in mobile home parks. Beneath each, the supply ducts run inside the belly wrap, colder than the summer air around them, and water condenses on them and gathers in the wrap. A sag in the wrap below a duct run, or a damp floor near a register, shows where it is collecting.
What should the owner of a 1970s or 1980s Ormond Beach house know about its cooling system?
More than four in ten homes in Ormond Beach were built in the 1970s or 1980s, so many of their drain pans and condensate lines have worked through forty or more summers. A pan rusted thin, or a line that has sagged and holds water, spills the system's daily output into a closet or ceiling. Looking at the pan's floor for rust is a quick check.
Back to Ormond Beach for the housing and weather behind them.