Serving Penney Farms
Humidity & Moisture Drying Penney Farms, 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.
Wet days later? That is worth a call
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 the floor of a 1950s Penney Farms house feel damp under the rug?
A slab from the 1950s poured straight on the ground, with no plastic sheet beneath, lets the soil's moisture rise through the concrete all year. Bare concrete lets it go into the room, but vinyl tile, carpet or a rug laid tight over the slab holds it at the surface. Lifting a corner along an outside wall shows whether the slab is wet.
What are the historic buildings in Penney Farms built of?
The Memorial Home Community, built from 1926 as a retirement community for religious workers, is listed on the National Register with 24 historic buildings. Its nomination gives their walls as stucco and brick, with stucco foundations and ceramic roofs. Masonry like that takes in rain through the wet months rather than shedding all of it, and gives it back slowly in humid air.
What causes a wet streak down the brick wall of an older Penney Farms apartment building?
Some of the homes in Penney Farms are in buildings of ten or more units. Where cooling was added to an older masonry building, the water each unit's coil collects is often carried out through the wall in a small tube and left to drip down the face. Every cooling day it wets the same strip of brick and stucco. Extending the tube to the ground or a drain ends it.
Back to Penney Farms for the housing and weather behind them.