Serving Wellington
Humidity & Moisture Drying Wellington, FL
When the outdoor air is wetter than the building, opening windows adds water. Drying means a closed building and conditioned air. The building is closed to outdoor air and its air is dehumidified, because in the humid season outside air adds water. Materials are read until they match unaffected material in the same building, including inside block and slab.
Switch off the air handler if it is dripping
Often needed alongside
- AC Condensate & Drain Line Leaks
An air conditioner makes water every day it runs. When its drain clogs or its pan cracks, that water goes into the ceiling or the slab.
- 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.
Frequently asked questions
Who drains the land under a Wellington home?
The Acme Improvement District, created by the legislature in 1953 to drain the area and to build and keep canals and other drainage works, making it habitable for settlement and farming. Since the village incorporated in 1995, the district and the village have shared one governing board. Its system includes 91 miles of canals, 270 acres of detention lakes and stormwater pumps at nine sites.
After a storm, how does the canal behind a Wellington house empty?
North, in the end. Basin A, about 16 square miles between Southern Boulevard and Pierson Road, discharges into the C-51 West Canal through pumps near Southern Boulevard. Basin B, about 13.6 square miles to its south, drains into Basin A first. After an August storm, the canal behind a house rises until those structures and pumps carry the water on.
Why are Wellington's canals held lower in the wet season?
The district sets Basin A's canals at 11.0 feet in the wet season and 12.0 feet in the dry season, and Basin B's at 12.0 and 13.0. A lot backing onto a canal sees its water rise after each storm and fall again as the pumps work it down.
Each answer ties back to the Wellington overview.