Serving Panama City
Humidity & Moisture Drying Panama City, FL
When the outdoor air is wetter than the building, opening windows adds water. Drying means a closed building and conditioned air. The building is closed to outdoor air and its air is dehumidified, because in the humid season outside air adds water. Materials are read until they match unaffected material in the same building, including inside block and slab.
Switch off the air handler if it is dripping
Often needed alongside
- AC Condensate & Drain Line Leaks
An air conditioner makes water every day it runs. When its drain clogs or its pan cracks, that water goes into the ceiling or the slab.
- 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.
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.
These questions also sit on the Panama City page, next to its numbers.