New homes in Horizon West
A lot of Winter Garden's homes are only a few years old, especially out in Horizon West. New doesn't mean leak-proof. Supply lines to sinks, toilets and refrigerators can fail, and washer hoses split. Many of these homes are two stories, with laundry and air handlers upstairs.
When water starts on the second floor, it soaks into the ceiling below and the insulation above it. The stain you see is usually smaller than the wet area. We check both floors with moisture readings before we decide what to dry and what has to come out.
Downtown and Plant Street
Near Plant Street, older homes and commercial buildings sit close together. Older plumbing, older roofs and shared walls mean a leak can travel. For shops and restaurants, we try to contain the wet area so you can keep the rest of the space running where it's safe to.
Water under the floor
Winter Garden homes are almost all built on concrete slabs. Water spreads across the slab under tile, wood-look plank and carpet pad. It wicks up into baseboards and drywall where you can't see it. Plank flooring can trap water underneath for a long time.
We measure instead of guessing. That way the drying reaches the water you can't see, and nothing is pulled out that didn't need to be.
Storms from the lake side
Lake Apopka sits just north of town, and summer storms here can be heavy and fast. Wind-driven rain pushes in around windows, sliding doors and roof edges. Rain that gets behind a window frame can run down inside the wall and show up as swollen baseboard days later. If water came in from outside, see our storm and flood cleanup page.