Emergency
Storm Surge & Tidal Flooding Valrico, 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
Why is the duct between a packaged unit and a Valrico manufactured home dripping?
About one Valrico structure in seven is a manufactured home, and many are cooled by a packaged unit standing outside. The supply duct crosses a stretch of open air before it enters the skirting, and it carries air far colder than the summer air around it. Where its jacket is torn or thin, water condenses on it and drips. Rewrapping that length stops it.
Does a Valrico manufactured home need gutters?
It helps. Without them, every downpour drops the whole roof's runoff off the eave right beside the skirting, so the ground at the home's edge stays soaked and the air beneath the floor stays wet through August. A gutter that carries the water a few feet out, or a splash block under each drip line, keeps that strip drier.
When the rain will not stop in August, what happens to a Valrico septic system?
After days of August rain the soil around a drain field can hold no more water, and the wastewater from any of Valrico's some 590 homes with septic systems on record stops soaking away. It rises toward the house and out through the lowest drain, usually a shower or tub. Holding back on laundry and dishes until the ground dries gives the field room.
For the figures behind these answers, see Valrico.