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Before anything else: the source of the water, and how far it reached.

Why a Florida building stays wet: the four things that set that clock, laid out once for the whole state.

Punta Gorda: why buildings stay damp

From an air handler dripping in Punta Gorda Isles and Fishermens Village to a slab that stays damp elsewhere in Punta Gorda, one call connects you with a local pro working the area. Some 2,700 of Punta Gorda's 13,800 homes, about one in five, are held for seasonal, recreational or occasional use by their owners.

The housing, by era

1994 is the median build year in Punta Gorda, and 42.5 percent of the stock went up before 1990, an age that tends to settle whether the ductwork runs overhead through the attic or below the floor. An attached garage fills with hot outdoor air all summer while the closed house beside it stays cooler, and with about one home in five held for seasonal use, humid air working into that shared wall from the garage side condenses on the back of the house's drywall.

Humid months and wet months

From July through September, any surface in a Punta Gorda building cooler than 70 degrees, a supply duct or a cold water line, sits below the normal outdoor dewpoint at every hour; 54.75 inches fall in a normal year, 9.1 of them in August, rain recorded at PUNTA GORDA 1.6 NNW 1.5 miles away and dewpoint 25 miles away. By the end of August, the wettest month, a house closed since spring holds a summer's water in its drywall, cabinets and grout, and when the owners return and run cold water, the toilet tanks and supply pipes sweat in rooms that have not yet dried.

The soft spots here

  • Walls shared between a closed house and its attached garage, where humid garage air condenses on the back of the cooler drywall on the house side
  • Toilet tanks and cold supply pipes in reopened seasonal houses, sweating onto floors and into vanities until the cooling has dried the rooms
  • Closed houses with the cooling set so high it runs only in the afternoon heat, leaving each night's humidity to build in the rooms
  • Cabinets, grout and drywall in seasonal homes, about one in five, taking up a summer of humid air before anyone runs the cooling hard

Water Damage Restoration services in Punta Gorda

Each card below is a different source of water. Local pros in Punta Gorda handle calls about any of them.

Areas covered around Punta Gorda

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Frequently asked questions

Why is the wall between the garage and the house damp in a closed Punta Gorda home?

About one Punta Gorda home in five is held for seasonal use. With the house closed and its cooling set high, the attached garage still fills with hot, humid outdoor air. That air works into the shared wall from the garage side and meets the back of the house-side drywall, which the cooling keeps a little colder, and condenses there. Baseboards on that wall show it first.

Why are the toilets sweating in a Punta Gorda house the week it reopens?

A house closed since spring holds the summer's humid air in its rooms. When the owners return and start using water, cold water from the main fills the toilet tanks and runs through the supply pipes, and the damp air condenses on them. Water beads, drips onto the floor and runs into vanity cabinets. Running the cooling for a few days first dries the air and stops it.

How should the cooling be set in a Punta Gorda house closed for the summer?

Low enough that it runs through the night as well as the afternoon. A system set so high that it only switches on in the afternoon heat leaves the humidity to build overnight, and drywall, grout and cabinets take it up. A thermostat with a humidity setting, or a dehumidifier on a drain line, keeps the air dry without cooling the house hard.

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