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First question at the door: where is the water coming from?

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

How long a Winter Garden wall stays wet

Water damage restoration in Winter Garden, including Alexander Ridge, is handled by local pros working the area, whether the water came from the cooling system, a pipe or the weather. Winter Garden began as 1850s farms on muck land along Lake Apopka's south shore; most of its historic buildings date from 1915 to 1940.

The structures themselves

The median home in Winter Garden was built in 2004, with 24.6 percent standing before 1990; when a house went up tends to decide where its air handler sits and how far its ducts run through attic heat. In a two-story house of the mid-2000s cooled by one system with its thermostat downstairs, the cooling shuts off as soon as the lower floor is comfortable, so the upstairs rooms run warmer and hold more of the air's water, which settles on their coldest surfaces, the window frames and the walls of closets on outside walls.

Weather behind the risk

Winter Garden spends two months in which the dewpoint never falls below 70 degrees, day or night, in July and August; of 53.64 inches in a normal year, 8.14 fall in June, rain recorded 3.8 miles away and dewpoint 16 miles away. Winter Garden's center stands about 99 feet above sea level, but where a lot near Lake Apopka's south shore sits on the dark muck that drew the first farmers, the soil holds June's rain long after sand would have let it go, and the slab edge and the bottom of the walls on that side stay wet between storms.

What to check in Winter Garden

  • Upstairs rooms of two-story houses cooled by one system with a downstairs thermostat, where the cooling stops before the upper floor's air has been dried
  • Lots on the organic muck near Lake Apopka's south shore, which holds June's rain against slab edges and the bottom of the walls
  • Hairline cracks running from the corners of window openings in the stucco of newer houses, where wind-driven rain reaches the block or framing behind

Water Damage Restoration services in Winter Garden

Each service below begins with one question: where is the water coming from, and is it still coming? Local pros in Winter Garden cover all of them.

Areas covered around Winter Garden

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Frequently asked questions

Why do the upstairs rooms of a newer Winter Garden house feel damp?

In a two-story house cooled by one system with its thermostat downstairs, the cooling stops once the lower floor reaches its setting, while the upstairs, warmed by the roof, has had less of its air run across the coil. Those rooms keep more of the summer's water, and it settles on window frames and the walls of closets. A second thermostat, or a system with zones, dries both floors.

What kind of ground did Winter Garden's first settlers farm?

Settlers came in the 1850s for the fertile muck land bordering Lake Apopka, farming citrus and vegetables along its south shore. Muck is dark, organic soil that holds water far longer than sand. The city's center stands about 99 feet above sea level, but where a house today sits on muck near the lake, June's rain stays in the ground at the slab edge between storms.

What do cracks at the corners of the windows in a Winter Garden stucco house mean?

Stucco tends to crack in a fine diagonal line from each corner of a window opening, where the wall's movement concentrates. In a June storm, wind drives rain into those cracks, and it reaches the block or framing behind them and the joint around the window frame. Sealing the cracks with a patch compatible with the stucco, and repainting, keeps that water out of the wall.

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AC or pipe leak in Winter Garden?

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If water is still coming in, close the main shutoff, or switch the air handler off if the water is coming from it, before calling.

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