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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.

Pensacola: why buildings stay damp

From an air handler dripping in East Hill, North Hill, and Creek Station to a slab that stays damp elsewhere in Pensacola, one call connects you with a local pro working the area. Pensacola's storm drains empty mostly into Bayou Texar, Bayou Chico, Pensacola Bay and Escambia Bay, from neighborhoods mostly built before anything held runoff back.

The housing, by era

Since 1990, Pensacola has added 21 percent of the homes it has now, though the median still dates to 1972; builders of each era set the ducts and the cold surfaces where they remain. Return air drawn through a ceiling grille into a framed chase rather than a sealed duct, wherever a house of the early 1970s was built that way, pulls attic air in through the gaps in that chase as well, and the house carries the attic's water into its rooms whenever the fan runs.

Humid months and wet months

Pensacola spends two months in which the dewpoint never falls below 70 degrees, day or night, in July and August; of 69.1 inches in a normal year, 8.38 fall in August, rain recorded at PENSACOLA 1.9 NE 2.1 miles away and dewpoint at PENSACOLA RGNL AP 2.6 miles away. The city describes its ground as having a high groundwater table and little gradient, and since most neighborhoods were built before anything held runoff back, an August downpour can move from one yard to the next downhill and stand longest against the foundations at the bottom of each slope.

The soft spots here

  • Return air drawn through framed ceiling chases in early-1970s houses, which pull attic air through their gaps and carry its water into the rooms
  • Neighborhoods laid out before any facilities held back runoff, where an August downpour crosses from one yard to the next and gathers against the lowest foundations
  • A high groundwater table under ground with little gradient, where the soil beneath a slab has little room left to take a long downpour
  • Wet ground shared by slabs and the drain fields beside them, at some 205 homes with septic systems on record

Water Damage Restoration services in Pensacola

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

Areas covered around Pensacola

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Frequently asked questions

Why does an older Pensacola house feel humid even with the cooling running?

The median Pensacola home was built in 1972. Where a house of that age draws its return air through a ceiling grille into a framed chase instead of a sealed duct, the gaps around that chase pull hot, humid attic air in with the room air. The cooling then has more water to remove than it can, and the rooms stay damp. Sealing or lining the chase fixes it.

How does rain from a neighbor's yard reach a Pensacola foundation?

The city notes that most of its neighborhoods were developed before there were any facilities to control stormwater runoff. Without ponds or swales to hold it, an August downpour runs downhill across lots, and the house at the bottom of a slope takes water from the yards above it. A swale or berm along the uphill side of the lot turns it away from the walls.

After heavy rain, what keeps a Pensacola slab damp?

The city describes its setting as having a high groundwater table, tidal influx and minimal gradient. With water close beneath the ground and little slope to carry rain away, the soil under a slab fills quickly in a heavy storm and stays full. Concrete passes that moisture upward, so floor coverings over the slab, especially along exterior walls, are where it shows first.

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