Serving Windermere
Wind-Driven Rain Intrusion Windermere, 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.
Switch off the air handler if it is dripping
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
What stains the vaulted ceiling of a Windermere house along one line?
Vaulted ceilings in a late-1980s house leave a shallow space between the vault and the roof deck, and supply ducts run through it may have their insulation pressed thin. Through the summer that space is the hottest, dampest air in the house, and where it meets the cold duct, water condenses and soaks the drywall along the duct's line.
Does a water softener affect a Windermere septic system in the rainy season?
It can add to its load. Windermere has some 601 homes with septic systems on record, and where a softener empties its backwash into the same tank, each regeneration sends a batch of water to the drain field. In June the field is already taking the season's rain, and that extra water can be what fills it. Routing the backwash elsewhere eases it.
Where does summer water in a Windermere house usually come from?
From above and from the air. Windermere stands about 100 feet above sea level and some 52 miles from the open coast, so a wet ceiling or wall here traces to the roof, the ducts and air handler in the roof space, the plumbing, or humid air reaching a cold surface. Starting in the attic, over the stain, finds most sources fastest.
For the figures behind these answers, see Windermere.