Serving Zephyrhills
Humidity & Moisture Drying Zephyrhills, FL
When the outdoor air is wetter than the building, opening windows adds water. Drying means a closed building and conditioned air. The building is closed to outdoor air and its air is dehumidified, because in the humid season outside air adds water. Materials are read until they match unaffected material in the same building, including inside block and slab.
Wet days later? That is worth a call
Often needed alongside
- AC Condensate & Drain Line Leaks
An air conditioner makes water every day it runs. When its drain clogs or its pan cracks, that water goes into the ceiling or the slab.
- 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.
Frequently asked questions
Why does the side of a Zephyrhills park home facing its neighbor stay wet?
More than a quarter of the homes in Zephyrhills are manufactured, many in parks where homes stand only a few feet apart. The strip between two homes gets little sun or breeze, so after a July storm the siding, skirting and ground on those facing sides stay wet long after the open sides dry, and the humid air there moves under both floors.
Why is one room damp in a small Zephyrhills home cooled by a single wall unit?
The city's housing study describes many very small homes first built for seasonal residents and later rented year-round. Where one is cooled by a single window or wall unit, the rooms beyond its reach keep the outdoor air's humidity. Their side of any wall shared with the cooled room runs colder than that air, so water condenses on it. A second unit or a dehumidifier in those rooms ends it.
What happens inside the thin walls of an older Zephyrhills cottage in summer?
Where one of the city's small, older homes has little insulation in its walls, the inside finish sits only a few inches from the outdoor air. With the cooling on, the back of that finish runs colder than the humid air reaching the wall cavity, and water gathers there. Bowed paneling or soft drywall along exterior walls, especially low down, is the sign.
For the figures behind these answers, see Zephyrhills.