Emergency
Storm Surge & Tidal Flooding Sebastian, FL
Surge and tidal water rise from the ground up and carry salt and silt with them. Anything porous they soaked is treated as contaminated. Outside water that rose into the building is treated as contaminated, and porous material it reached is removed. Salt left behind in materials keeps pulling water from the air, so it is cleaned out with the rest.
Switch off the air handler if it is dripping
Often needed alongside
- Emergency Water Extraction
Standing water removed before it soaks into slab, block and flooring - the first step after any failure, and the one humid air makes urgent.
- 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.
- Sewer & Septic Backflow Cleanup
Heavy rain and a high water table can push sewage back through the lowest drain in the building. Clear or murky, it is handled as sewage.
Frequently asked questions
Can a full drain field make the foundation of a Sebastian house damp?
It can. Where the drain field sits close beside the slab, the field and the foundation share the same soil. Once the field stops taking water after weeks of rain, the wastewater has nowhere to go, and the soil at the slab edge stays wet with it. Damp along the base of the walls nearest the field, rather than all around the house, points to it.
Where does the water go after it leaves a Sebastian septic tank?
Into the drain field, and from there into the ground. The county's septic-to-sewer project notes that septic effluent nutrients reach the nearby Sebastian River and Indian River Lagoon through groundwater. That same ground takes the summer's rain, and by September a field may not be able to pass water into it at all, so wastewater returns to the house instead.
Which drain in a Sebastian house shows a full drain field first?
The lowest one. Sebastian has some 8,940 homes with septic systems on record, and when the ground around a field is full, the water rises back through the lowest opening in the plumbing: a ground-floor shower, a tub, a floor drain or a toilet. A gurgle or a slow drain there after days of September rain is the early sign to cut back on water use.
For the figures behind these answers, see Sebastian.