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Wind-Driven Rain Intrusion Seminole, 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.
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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 a ceiling stain in a Seminole apartment spread on laundry days?
Nearly a third of Seminole's homes are in buildings of ten or more units. Where the dryer vent of the unit above runs through the floor cavity to an outside wall, its warm, wet exhaust cools along the way and drops water inside the duct. That water gathers at a low point or a loose joint and soaks the ceiling beneath. A stain that spreads after the neighbors' laundry, not after rain, points to it.
Which way should the carport pad beside a Seminole manufactured home slope?
Away from the home. About one Seminole home in eight is manufactured, and where a carport or patio pad tilts toward the skirting, every August storm sends that slab's rain under the floor, where the cooled ducts run. The ground there stays wet and so does the air around the belly. A shallow channel along the pad's edge, or a skirting set to let the water pass, turns it aside.
How does lint in a Seminole condo's dryer vent end up as water?
A long dryer run through a floor cavity collects lint, and as it narrows, the exhaust slows. Slower air spends longer cooling inside the duct, so more of the water from each load condenses there instead of leaving the building, and the lint holds it. Cleaning the full length of the run, not only the trap, keeps the exhaust moving fast enough to carry its water outdoors.
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