Emergency
Storm Surge & Tidal Flooding Winter Park, 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.
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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 did a Winter Park apartment's air handler closet flood when the drain line is clear?
A ground-floor unit whose air handler sits in an interior closet with no downhill path for its water relies on a small pump to lift the condensate up and out, and about one Winter Park home in four is in a building of ten or more units. If that pump stops, the pan fills and overflows even though the line beyond it is clear. A pump that hums without emptying, or a full reservoir, is the sign.
What puts a damp patch on a Winter Park wall far from any plumbing?
Where a condensate pump serves an air handler, its narrow discharge tubing may run through walls and ceilings to reach a drain some distance away. That tubing carries water every day the cooling runs, and a cracked section or a joint that has worked loose wets the inside of the wall along its route. Tracing the tubing from the pump shows whether it passes behind the damp patch.
In early summer, what makes a Winter Park condensate pump give out?
An air handler pulls the most water from the air in June, the wettest month, and a pump that has been barely keeping up through the spring meets its heaviest load then. Built-up sludge in its reservoir or a worn float lets the water rise and spill. Clearing the reservoir before the wet season, and listening for the pump cycling normally, keeps it ahead of the water.
For the figures behind these answers, see Winter Park.