Serving Port Orange
AC Condensate & Drain Line Leaks Port Orange, FL
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. The system is switched off to stop the water, and the ceiling, closet and floor below the air handler are opened where the overflow reached. A slow overflow can run for weeks before a stain shows.
Say where the water came from when you call
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.
- Slab Leak Water Damage
A line leaking under a concrete floor spreads through the slab before it shows. Lifting flooring or a warm patch is often the first sign.
Frequently asked questions
Can a rug over a floor vent cause water under a Port Orange manufactured home?
It can. About one Port Orange home in six is manufactured, and where a rug or furniture covers a register near the end of a duct run, the cooled air stands in that part of the duct instead of leaving it. The duct and the belly wrap around it stay cold for hours, and the humid air beneath the home condenses on the wrap. Keeping every register open lets the air move.
What happens when skirting panels are left off a Port Orange manufactured home?
Work under a home often means taking a skirting panel or two down, and they are not always put back. With the gap open, August's wind-driven rain reaches the ground beneath the floor, and the space where the cooled ducts run takes on that water as damp air. A walk around the home after any repair, checking that each panel is back in place, closes it.
Why is one belly duct under a Port Orange manufactured home sagging?
Ducts beneath a manufactured home hang from straps fastened to the floor frame. Where a strap has rusted through or pulled loose, the duct drops toward the ground, into the dampest air under the home, and the cold metal there condenses more water than it did higher up. A low spot in the belly wrap along a duct's line usually marks the failed strap above it.
For the figures behind these answers, see Port Orange.