Emergency
Storm Surge & Tidal Flooding Port Orange, FL
Surge and tidal water rise from the ground up and carry salt and silt with them. Anything porous they soaked is treated as contaminated. Outside water that rose into the building is treated as contaminated, and porous material it reached is removed. Salt left behind in materials keeps pulling water from the air, so it is cleaned out with the rest.
Say where the water came from when you call
Often needed alongside
- Emergency Water Extraction
Standing water removed before it soaks into slab, block and flooring - the first step after any failure, and the one humid air makes urgent.
- Wind-Driven Rain Intrusion
Wind pushes rain sideways through window frames, stucco and the base of the wall. The roof can hold and the house still take water.
- Sewer & Septic Backflow Cleanup
Heavy rain and a high water table can push sewage back through the lowest drain in the building. Clear or murky, it is handled as sewage.
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.