Serving Safety Harbor
Wind-Driven Rain Intrusion Safety Harbor, 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.
Wet days later? That is worth a call
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
Why does water collect under a Safety Harbor manufactured home that sits in a low spot?
Manufactured homes make up a tenth of Safety Harbor's structures. Where the ground inside a home's skirting is lower than the yard around it, rain runs in under the skirting and stands there like a shallow pond. The ducts in the belly hang just above that wet ground, in the dampest air on the lot. Building the ground up inside the skirting lets it drain out.
What clogs a Safety Harbor catch basin, and what follows?
Sediment, trash and yard debris washed off the street. The city's stormwater crews clean more than 1,075 catch basins and remove trash and soil from its ditches and creeks, but between visits a basin can fill. When it does, a July downpour cannot get in fast enough, and the water spreads across the street to driveways and garage doors at the low end.
Why does the back of a Safety Harbor lot beside a creek stay wet after a storm?
The city keeps some 12.88 miles of ditches and creeks open to carry its rain. After a heavy storm the channel fills, and until it drains down, the water stands close to the yards beside it. A lot backing onto one keeps a wet strip at the back long after the front has dried, and a slab on that side stays damp at its edge.
Safety Harbor's own page carries them beside the local figures.