Serving Polk City
Wind-Driven Rain Intrusion Polk City, FL
Wind pushes rain sideways through window frames, stucco and the base of the wall. The roof can hold and the house still take water. The walls on the side the wind came from are traced first, at windows, sliders, the base of the wall and the soffits. Block that took on water is dried from inside the closed building rather than left to the outdoor air.
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Often needed alongside
- Humidity & Moisture Drying
When the outdoor air is wetter than the building, opening windows adds water. Drying means a closed building and conditioned air.
- Storm Surge & Tidal Flooding
Surge and tidal water rise from the ground up and carry salt and silt with them. Anything porous they soaked is treated as contaminated.
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.
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