Serving Port St. Lucie
Humidity & Moisture Drying Port St. Lucie, FL
When the outdoor air is wetter than the building, opening windows adds water. Drying means a closed building and conditioned air. The building is closed to outdoor air and its air is dehumidified, because in the humid season outside air adds water. Materials are read until they match unaffected material in the same building, including inside block and slab.
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Often needed alongside
- AC Condensate & Drain Line Leaks
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.
- 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.
Frequently asked questions
Why does the drywall on an outside wall of a Port St. Lucie block house feel damp?
Where a house of the 2000s has concrete block walls with drywall on furring strips inside, there is a thin air space between the block and the drywall. Rain that soaks into the block in the wet months reaches that space, and the drywall's back, kept cold by the cooling, is where it condenses and settles. Baseboards and outlet boxes on that wall show it first.
What does a stormy June do to a Port St. Lucie septic system?
Storms that arrive day after day in June leave the soil around a drain field no time to drain between them, and the field stops accepting water. Across Port St. Lucie, on ground about 23 feet above sea level, some 17,650 homes have septic systems on record, and in any of them the household's water then rises back toward the lowest drain. A slow tub or gurgling toilet is the early sign.
Should a Port St. Lucie homeowner open the windows on a cool summer morning?
Usually not. Even a cool June morning here carries more water than the air the cooling has dried indoors, and opened windows let it reach the cold inner faces of block walls, the back of drywall and furniture against outside walls, where it condenses. Keeping the house closed and letting the cooling run keeps the indoor air drier than those surfaces.
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