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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.

Winter Haven: why buildings stay damp

From an air handler dripping into a ceiling to a slab that stays damp, one call anywhere in Winter Haven connects you with a local pro working the area. Winter Haven counts 50 lakes within or bordering its limits, and water passes from lake to lake through connections even where boats cannot.

The housing, by era

The median home in Winter Haven was built in 1990, with 50.4 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 house of around 1990 with soffit boxes built above the kitchen cabinets and left open to the attic, hot attic air settles down inside them to the cooled ductwork they hide, and water forms on the duct and stains the top of the cabinets.

Humid months and wet months

Winter Haven spends two months in which the dewpoint never falls below 70 degrees, day or night, in July and August; of 46.12 inches in a normal year, 7.44 fall in July, rain recorded at WINTER HAVEN GILBERT AP 1.7 miles away and dewpoint 36.5 miles away. Winter Haven sits at the top of the Peace River watershed, and in July its rain fills the North and South Chains and the lakes joined to them by flow-ways, so a lot that slopes down to one of them keeps its lowest ground wettest after each storm.

The soft spots here

  • Kitchen soffit boxes open to the attic in houses of around 1990, letting hot, humid air down to the cooled ducts inside, where water forms and stains the cabinets
  • Lots sloping to the 50 lakes within or bordering the city, linked by flow-ways, where the strip nearest the shore stays wettest after July storms
  • Rooms on ground some 166 feet above sea level, beyond any tide, where summer water arrives as roof runoff, leaking supply lines and the humid air itself

Water Damage Restoration services in Winter Haven

Each card below is a different source of water. Local pros in Winter Haven handle calls about any of them.

Areas covered around Winter Haven

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Frequently asked questions

What stains the top of the kitchen cabinets in an older Winter Haven house?

Often a duct in the soffit above. In some houses of around 1990, the boxed soffit over the cabinets carries a supply duct and is open to the attic. Hot, humid attic air settles inside it, reaches the cooled duct, and water forms on the metal and drips onto the cabinet tops. Sealing the soffit from the attic stops that air from reaching it.

How are Winter Haven's lakes connected?

By the Chain of Lakes and by flow-ways. The city's lakes page lists 8 lakes in the North Chain and 14 in the South Chain, plus 13 more public lakes that boats cannot pass between but that water can, through hydrologic connections and flow-ways. After heavy July rain, water moves from lake to lake, and lots sloping to the shore keep their lowest ground wettest.

Where should a damp slab in a Winter Haven house be traced first?

Indoors and overhead. The city's center stands some 166 feet above sea level, beyond the reach of any tide, which changes where to look when a slab is damp: the cooling system's drain line, the supply pipes in the walls and the rain running off the roof are the likelier sources, and a moisture reading along each one finds it.

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