Serving Winter Park
Wind-Driven Rain Intrusion Winter Park, 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.
Wet days later? That is worth a call
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
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.