Serving Rockledge
Humidity & Moisture Drying Rockledge, 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.
Switch off the air handler if it is dripping
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
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.
These questions also sit on the Rockledge page, next to its numbers.