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Before anything else: the source of the water, and how far it reached.

Why a Florida building stays wet: the four things that set that clock, laid out once for the whole state.

Panama City: why buildings stay damp

From an air handler dripping in Harrison Place and The Woods to a slab that stays damp elsewhere in Panama City, one call connects you with a local pro working the area. St. Andrews, settled in 1827 on the bay that shares its name, joined Panama City in 1927 and remains a working waterfront.

The housing, by era

About 11,956 of the 17,104 homes in Panama City were finished before 1990, around a median of 1976; a home's age can show in where its condensate drains and what its floor sits on. In a house of the mid-1970s that keeps its air handler in a hall closet behind a louvered door, that door is the return, so the coil draws its air straight from the hallway, along with whatever humid air leaks in around the attic hatch or the door to the garage.

Humid months and wet months

The normal dewpoint in Panama City stays at or above 70 degrees around the clock in July and August, reaching 75.7 in July; August is the wettest month, with 7.44 of 61.27 inches, rain recorded at PANAMA CITY 5N 5.8 miles away and dewpoint at TYNDALL AFB 8.6 miles away. St. Andrews, the city's historic working waterfront, lies along St. Andrews Bay, and on an older building there that faces the water, the wall toward the bay takes August's wind-driven rain off the water along with its salt, and stays damp longer than the walls behind it.

The soft spots here

  • Air handlers in the hall closets of mid-1970s houses, where a louvered door serves as the return and pulls in air from wherever the hallway leaks, around the attic hatch or the garage door
  • Older buildings facing St. Andrews Bay along the working waterfront, whose bay-side walls take wind-driven rain and salt off the water
  • Units in buildings of ten or more, about one home in seven here, where water from one household's cooling or plumbing reaches the ceiling or wall of the next

Water Damage Restoration services in Panama City

Each card below is a different source of water. Local pros in Panama City handle calls about any of them.

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Frequently asked questions

Why does an older Panama City house feel clammy near the hall closet air handler?

In a house of the mid-1970s, the median era here, the air handler may stand in a hall closet with a louvered door that serves as the return. The coil then draws its air from the hallway, and the hallway takes in whatever leaks around the attic hatch or the door to the garage. That air arrives humid, and the coil has more water to remove than it can keep up with.

What is St. Andrews, and how does the bay reach its buildings?

St. Andrews is the historic working waterfront along St. Andrews Bay, settled in 1827 and annexed into Panama City in 1927 along with three other small towns. Where an older building there faces the water, the wall toward the bay takes rain driven off the water on a stormy day, along with salt, and that wall keeps its dampness longer than one wetted by rain alone.

How can a neighbor's leak reach a Panama City apartment?

Through the floor or the wall the two units share. Buildings of ten or more units hold roughly one home in seven in Panama City, and where units are stacked, water from an upstairs cooling drain, a shower or a washer travels down through the framing or along pipes until it reaches a ceiling or wall below, sometimes well away from where it started.

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