Serving Spring Hill
Wind-Driven Rain Intrusion Spring Hill, 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.
Shut off the water, then pick up the phone
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
Can rain get into a Spring Hill septic tank?
It can. Where a tank's lid or riser sits at or below the level of the lawn, or the seal around it has cracked, rain running across the yard flows straight into the tank. In July, the wettest month, that can fill the tank faster than the drain field empties it, and the drains in the house slow down even when little water is being used. A lid that sits above the grass keeps runoff out.
Where should the downspouts go on a Spring Hill house with a septic system?
Away from the drain field. Some 28,950 Spring Hill homes have septic systems on record, and a downspout emptying onto or beside the field adds a whole roof's worth of rain to the ground the field relies on to take the household's water. Turning the downspouts toward another part of the yard leaves the field with only the rain that falls on it.
Is Spring Hill moving from septic systems to sewer?
Hernando County has studied the feasibility of converting about 30,000 septic systems in 19 districts of the Spring Hill area to central sewer, and its plans list districts of several hundred systems each for conversion. Until a district is connected, each home's tank and drain field still carry its household water, and keeping rain out of both matters most in the wettest months.
Each answer ties back to the Spring Hill overview.