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Water That Will Not Leave

Water Damage Restoration Polk City, FL

Water that will not dry out is still damage. From Polk City or elsewhere in Florida, a single call reaches a local pro working nearby.

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At the door: where the shutoff is, and whether the AC is running.

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

Where water lingers in Polk City

Across Polk City, a building still wet days after a leak is one phone call from a local pro. Some 114 floors in Polk City rest over outdoor air rather than a slab: the town's manufactured homes, about one structure in ten.

Age of the homes

The median home in Polk City was built in 2007, with 32.2 percent standing before 1990; when a house went up tends to decide where its air handler sits and how far its ducts run through attic heat. About one structure in ten is a manufactured home, and where its cold water supply lines run beneath the floor, they pass through the same enclosed summer air as the ducts, and water arriving from the main colder than that air leaves the pipes sweating onto the ground and the wrap.

Rain and humidity

Polk City spends two months in which the dewpoint never falls below 70 degrees, day or night, in July and August; of 53.08 inches in a normal year, 8.43 fall in June, rain recorded 6.3 miles away and dewpoint 35.4 miles away. Far above any tide at about 148 feet, a newer house here can draw June's water in through its own fans: a powered attic fan pulls cooled air up through ceiling gaps, and the house replaces it with humid outdoor air through every crack.

Leaks that go unseen here

  • Cold water supply lines beneath manufactured homes, about one structure in ten, sweating through the summer and dripping onto the ground and the wrap
  • Powered attic fans on newer houses, which pull cooled air into the attic through ceiling gaps and draw humid outdoor air into the rooms
  • Attic hatches and pull-down stairs without weatherstripping, the largest opening a powered attic fan can pull the house's cooled air through

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Frequently asked questions

Why are the pipes dripping under a Polk City manufactured home?

One Polk City structure in ten is a manufactured home. Where the cold water supply lines run beneath the floor, they share the enclosed space with the summer's humid air, and water coming from the main runs colder than that air. The pipes sweat, and the water drips onto the ground or into the wrap. Foam pipe insulation, sealed at the joints, stops it.

Does a powered attic fan help a newer Polk City house in summer?

Often it does the opposite. A powered fan pushes attic air out, and the attic replaces it from wherever it can, including through gaps around ceiling lights, the attic hatch and duct openings, which pull cooled air out of the rooms. The house then draws humid outdoor air in through its own cracks to make up the loss, and the cooling has to remove that water.

Why does the attic hatch matter in a newer Polk City house?

Up at about 148 feet above sea level, Polk City is beyond any tide, so the water a house here takes on in June arrives as rain and humid air. An attic hatch or pull-down stair without weatherstripping is a large opening between the cooled rooms and the attic, and any attic fan pulls through it. Sealing its edges keeps the cooled air in and the outdoor air out.

Polk City, FL

Polk City: a stain that keeps growing?

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If water is still coming in, close the main shutoff, or switch the air handler off if the water is coming from it, before calling.

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