Serving Port Orange
Wind-Driven Rain Intrusion Port Orange, 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.
Switch off the air handler if it is dripping
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
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.