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Before anything else: the source of the water, and how far it reached.

Why a Florida building stays wet: the four things that set that clock, laid out once for the whole state.

Starke: why buildings stay damp

Across Starke, a building still wet days after a leak is one phone call from a local pro. Starke's oldest Call Street buildings, mostly red brick from 1875 to 1910, rest on continuous brick foundations or slabs under flat, parapeted roofs.

The housing, by era

Since 1990, Starke has added 28 percent of the homes it has now, though the median still dates to 1978; builders of each era set the ducts and the cold surfaces where they remain. Many of Call Street's red brick buildings were later painted or stuccoed, and on an old brick wall that finish can hold in the rain the brick soaks up, keeping the wall wet behind it until the paint blisters or the stucco loosens.

Humid months and wet months

Starke spends two months in which the dewpoint never falls below 70 degrees, day or night, in July and August; of 53.35 inches in a normal year, 8.17 fall in June, rain recorded at STARKE 0.7 miles away and dewpoint 33.2 miles away. At some 165 feet above sea level, Starke is far from any tide, but June's storms still soak the ground against the old continuous brick foundations along Call Street, and brick draws that water upward, so the base of an old wall stays damp through the summer.

The soft spots here

  • Red brick walls on Call Street later painted or stuccoed, a finish that can hold in the rain the brick takes up and keep the wall wet behind it
  • Continuous brick foundations under the oldest buildings, which draw water up from June's wet ground into the base of the walls above
  • Parapet walls around flat roofs on the early buildings, wet on both faces in a storm, whose cracked caps let water down into the brick below

Water Damage Restoration services in Starke

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Frequently asked questions

Why is the paint peeling low on an old brick building in Starke?

Often the brick is wet behind it. Many of Call Street's red brick buildings were painted or stuccoed decades ago, and brick takes up rain readily. With a coat of paint or stucco over it, the water the brick soaks up cannot leave through the face, so it stays in the wall and pushes the finish off, starting where the wall is wettest, near the ground.

How does water rise into the walls of Starke's oldest buildings?

Through their foundations. The early buildings along Call Street rest on continuous brick foundations or concrete slabs, and brick draws water upward the way a wick does. After June's storms soak the ground against it, a brick foundation pulls that water into the base of the wall above, leaving a damp band along the bottom of the inside wall through the summer.

What does a parapet do to the rain on an old Starke building?

A parapet is the short wall standing above a flat roof's edge, and in a storm it is wet on both faces: rain strikes the outside while water on the roof splashes the inside. Where the cap on top has cracked, that water runs down into the brick beneath. The early Call Street buildings have flat roofs with parapets, so their upper walls can show the damp first.

Starke, FL

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