Serving Port Charlotte
Wind-Driven Rain Intrusion Port Charlotte, 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
Is it a problem to do several loads of laundry after a rainy week in Port Charlotte?
It can be, on septic. Some 7,300 Port Charlotte homes have septic systems on record. After a week of storms the drain field's soil is already full of rain, and each wash load sends tens of gallons more into it. Spreading the loads across several days gives the field time to take each one, instead of backing water up toward the lowest drain in the house.
Where do Port Charlotte's residential canals carry their water?
Most of them, the Manchester Waterway among them, empty into Alligator Bay, according to a Charlotte County water quality report. On a lot that backs onto one of those canals, the ground nearest the water stays wettest through the summer, so a drain field or a slab edge on that side of the yard has the least dry soil around it.
How close does the water table come to a Port Charlotte drain field in summer?
Close. The ground there lies about 8 feet above sea level, and through the wet season the water table rises beneath each yard. As it does, the dry soil left under a drain field's trenches shrinks, so household water drains away more slowly and the field shows its limits first after a storm, in slow toilets and a gurgling tub.
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