Serving Zephyrhills
Wind-Driven Rain Intrusion Zephyrhills, 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 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.