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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.

Rockledge: why buildings stay damp

From an air handler dripping in River Ridge to a slab that stays damp elsewhere in Rockledge, one call connects you with a local pro working the area. The Rockledge Drive district runs some two and a half miles along the Indian River's west bank, all its buildings facing the river.

The housing, by era

Since 1990, Rockledge has added 49.8 percent of the homes it has now, though the median still dates to 1990; builders of each era set the ducts and the cold surfaces where they remain. Most of the district's 100 contributing buildings are wood frame houses from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and where original wood siding has been replaced with aluminum or vinyl, water that gets behind the new cladding stays against the old wall, out of the moving air that once dried it.

Humid months and wet months

The air over Rockledge carries the most water in August, when the normal dewpoint reaches 75.5 degrees, and from July through September it does not drop below 70 even overnight; September brings 9.35 of the 56.3 inches a year, rain recorded at ROCKLEDGE 1.1 WSW 0.8 miles away and dewpoint 16.3 miles away. With the river on their east side and every house facing it, the fronts and verandas along Rockledge Drive take whatever weather comes off the water, and in September, the wettest month, rain carried on that wind soaks porch floors, posts and the front wall behind them.

The soft spots here

  • Wood frame houses along Rockledge Drive re-sided in aluminum or vinyl, where water that gets behind the cladding stays against the original wall
  • River-facing porches and verandas on the main front of each house, where September's rain blown off the water soaks floors, posts and the wall behind
  • Gable ends faced with wood shingles, whose overlapping courses hold rain longer than plain siding, high on the walls of the older frame houses

Water Damage Restoration services in Rockledge

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

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Frequently asked questions

Can new siding on an old Rockledge Drive house hold water against the wall?

It can. Most of the district's historic houses are wood frame, and a common change has been replacing the original wood siding with aluminum or vinyl. Rain or condensation that gets behind the new cladding sits against the old wood, where air no longer moves across it to dry it. Soft wood or paint lifting at the bottom of an inside wall can be the first sign.

Why do the porches on Rockledge Drive take so much rain?

Rockledge Drive runs some two and a half miles along the west bank of the Indian River, and every building in the district faces the river. Each house has a porch or veranda on posts across its main front, so the weather coming off the water meets the porch first. In September, wind-driven rain soaks the porch floor, the posts and the front wall behind them.

What should be checked on the gables of an older Rockledge frame house?

Houses in the Rockledge Drive district that keep their original exterior combine horizontal wood siding on the walls with wood shingles in the gable ends. Overlapping shingles hold rain in their courses longer than flat siding does, and they sit high on the wall where they are seldom looked at. Shingles that stay dark long after a storm, or have split or curled, mark where water is held.

Rockledge, FL

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