Emergency
Storm Surge & Tidal Flooding Yulee, 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.
Wet days later? That is worth a call
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
Where should the air conditioner's water go under a Yulee manufactured home?
Outside the skirting, well away from the home. About one home in five in Yulee is manufactured, and where the condensate line simply ends under the floor, each day of cooling pours water onto the ground beneath. On ground this low it has nowhere to go, and the air inside the skirting stays wet against the ducts and floor. Extending the line past the skirting fixes it.
Why can a Yulee drain field stop taking water by September?
By September, ground only about 4 feet above sea level has taken months of summer rain, and a drain field in that soil may accept little more. Yulee has some 3,300 homes with septic systems on record, and in each the household water then backs toward the lowest drain. Holding off on laundry and long showers for a few dry days lets the field catch up.
Why does water collect at the edge of a newer Yulee house's slab?
Where a house of the 2000s sits on a slab set close to the level of the yard, on ground about 4 feet above sea level, rain that stands on the lot reaches the slab edge quickly. Block and concrete draw it in, and the bottom plate of the walls and the baseboards inside are where it shows. Grading the yard to fall away from the house helps most.
For the figures behind these answers, see Yulee.