Water Damage Terms Fort Lauderdale Homeowners Hear
This page explains terms the Fort Lauderdale site reuses, not a single fixed script. Intros for hub pages, call-to-action lines, and rotating wording pools all draw from here, so a Rio Vista page and a Coral Ridge page never read like the same paragraph copied twice. Nothing below claims a crew, a van, or a fixed count of anything the drip could change.
This exists so you can read a quote and know what you are being charged for. A few of these terms hide the decisions that matter most: whether water is category 1, 2 or 3 decides what can be dried and what has to be removed, and whether a quote covers mitigation only or also the rebuild is the single biggest difference between two quotes that look alike.
Actual Cash Value
Actual cash value is a payout method where your insurer subtracts depreciation for age and wear before cutting a check, rather than paying full replacement cost. On a Fort Lauderdale claim after a canal overflow or storm surge intrusion, this matters because older flooring, cabinetry, or drywall near the New River or Intracoastal can lose much of its paid value on paper even though the drying and demo bill is the same. Ask your adjuster whether your policy pays actual cash value or replacement cost value up front, since that answer changes what you collect before repairs even start.
Air Mover
An air mover is a high-powered fan set up in a room after water damage to push large volumes of air across wet floors, walls, and slab foundations so trapped moisture evaporates faster. In a Fort Lauderdale home, where a tropical downpour or king-tide intrusion has soaked flooring at floor level, air movers work with a dehumidifier to pull that moisture out of the air once it evaporates. On a bill, they usually show up as a daily rental charge for each unit placed, and the number of days they run factors into how the licensed pros we connect you with calculate the drying timeline and the total cost of the job.
Air Scrubber
An air scrubber pulls room air through a filter that traps mold spores and fine particles, then releases cleaner air back into the space, running alongside the air movers and LGR dehumidifier already drying the room. For a Fort Lauderdale homeowner, it usually shows up on the invoice when the water sat long enough to raise mold risk, or when demolition is stirring up dust from cut drywall. It does not replace containment or clearance testing; it runs during the work, not after, so ask whether it was billed for the whole drying period or just the demo day.
Antimicrobial Treatment
Antimicrobial treatment is a spray applied to wood framing, subfloor, and other structural surfaces after water is removed, meant to slow mold and bacteria growth while drying finishes. It is not a mold remover and it does not replace fixing the category of water and getting air movers and an LGR dehumidifier running for full structural drying. On a Fort Lauderdale estimate, expect it listed as a line item priced by square footage; ask whether it's covered under your policy's mitigation scope or billed separately, since insurers sometimes treat it as optional rather than required.
Bound Water
Bound water is moisture trapped inside a building material itself, like inside drywall, wood framing, or slab-set cabinetry, rather than sitting on the surface. It cannot be removed with a wet vacuum or towel because it is held within the material's structure at a molecular level. For a Fort Lauderdale homeowner, this is why a crew can pull standing water off a slab floor in an afternoon, yet the drying equipment stays for days afterward. Bound water is what LGR dehumidifiers and air movers are working against during structural drying, and it directly affects how long a claim stays open and how many line items show up on the mitigation invoice before clearance testing confirms the material is actually dry.
Category 1 Water
Category 1 water is clean water at the source, like a supply line break or an overflowing sink, with no contamination. It matters for a Fort Lauderdale claim because it sets the starting point for the scope of work: clean water often means the licensed pros we connect you with can dry framing and slab-set flooring in place with air movers and an LGR dehumidifier, skipping demolition. But that category can change fast. If clean water sits on a slab near Rio Vista or Victoria Park through Florida's heat and humidity, it can turn into Category 2 within days, raising the cost and the drying time.
Category 2 Water
Category 2 water, sometimes called gray water, is water that carries enough contamination to cause sickness if you touch or swallow it, but is not raw sewage. It usually comes from a failed dishwasher line, an overflowing washing machine, or a toilet bowl overflow with urine but no solid waste. For a Fort Lauderdale homeowner, this category matters because it raises the price on a restoration estimate above plain freshwater damage: more materials get discarded rather than dried, cleaning agents cost more, and the crew handling it needs protective gear. Insurance adjusters also read this category as a sign the claim needs closer documentation before payout.
Category 3 Water
Category 3 water is contaminated water — from a canal backup, sewage line, or floodwater pushed up by a king tide near the Intracoastal — that carries bacteria or waste and can make you sick on contact. It sits above Category 1 and Category 2 on the category of water scale used in Fort Lauderdale restoration work under IICRC S500 guidelines. For you, this category means higher cost: any drywall, insulation, or flooring it touched usually needs demolition (demo) rather than drying, since porous materials can't be made safe again. Your insurer will expect that removal documented in the scope of work before approving payment.
Class 1 Water Damage
Class 1 water damage means the least amount of water soaked into the least amount of material, with little absorption into flooring, drywall, or slab-set cabinetry. A restoration crew in Fort Lauderdale might use this class after a small appliance leak in a Coral Ridge kitchen or a short backup in a Victoria Park bathroom, not after storm surge or a canal overflow near the Intracoastal. For the homeowner, this class usually means fewer air movers, a shorter drying timeline, and a smaller line item on the estimate, since less structural drying and demolition is needed. It also tends to mean a smaller number on the insurance claim, since the scope of work stays limited.
Class 2 Water Damage
Class 2 water damage means the wet area reaches beyond the floor into walls, carpet, and cushioning, with water climbing at least 12 inches up the drywall. It's more water and more soaked material than Class 1, so the drying plan changes. For a Fort Lauderdale homeowner, this class usually means baseboards come off, wet insulation may need removing, and air movers and an LGR dehumidifier run longer to pull moisture out of the slab and framing. Expect a wider scope of work on the estimate and a longer drying timeline than a small, surface-only leak would need.
Class 3 Water Damage
Class 3 water damage means water has soaked upward into walls, ceilings, and insulation, not just across the floor. This is the category the licensed pros we connect you with use to judge how deep the moisture has traveled, and it is usually caused by water coming from overhead, like a flat roof leak during a tropical downpour, or a broken supply line spraying into a ceiling. For a Fort Lauderdale homeowner, Class 3 means more materials come out during demo, more air movers and LGR dehumidifiers running longer, and a higher bill than a simple puddle on a slab floor. Insurance adjusters read this class before approving the scope of work.
Class 4 Water Damage
Class 4 water damage means water has soaked into dense materials like concrete slab, plaster, or hardwood, not just carpet and drywall. IICRC S500 puts it in this category when standard air movers and drying time won't pull the moisture out. It usually means longer drying schedules, specialty equipment, and a higher bill, since the slab under Fort Lauderdale homes holds water especially long. Expect your restoration estimate to list extra drying days and equipment charges tied directly to this classification, and expect your insurance adjuster to ask why.
Clearance Testing
Clearance testing happens at the end of drying, when the licensed pros we connect you with check moisture meter readings on your walls and flooring against unaffected areas in the same Fort Lauderdale home. If numbers match, the structure is considered dry and drying equipment comes out. If not, air movers and the LGR dehumidifier stay in place longer. This step matters for your bill because most invoices price drying by the day, so passing clearance testing sooner means fewer rental days charged before the crew can move to repairs or demolition.
Containment
Containment is plastic sheeting sealed around the work area to keep wet-area air, dust, and any mold spores from spreading into the rest of a Fort Lauderdale home while drying equipment runs. For a homeowner, containment usually shows up as a line item on the scope of work, and its presence or absence affects both the bill and the timeline: setting it up and tearing it down takes labor hours, but skipping it on a job with demolition or suspected mold can let contamination spread to rooms that were dry, turning a one-room job into a whole-house one.
Controlled Demolition
Controlled demolition means removing damaged building material on purpose, in a planned way, rather than tearing out everything in reach. In a Fort Lauderdale water job, this usually means cutting out wet drywall along a measured line, pulling soaked baseboards, or removing slab-set cabinetry that stayed damp too long. It matters for your bill and your claim because the scope of work should list exactly what came out and why, tied to moisture readings, not guesswork. Insurers expect that documentation before they approve rebuild costs. Done carelessly, it can open walls that did not need opening, adding rebuild expense you did not need.
Deductible
The deductible is the amount you pay out of pocket before your homeowners policy pays anything on a water damage claim. It's a fixed dollar figure set in your policy, not a percentage. If your Fort Lauderdale claim totals $6,000 and your deductible is $1,500, the insurer pays $2,500 after that. This number decides whether filing a claim is even worth it, since a small canal-water intrusion under the deductible means you're paying the licensed pros we connect you with directly, while storm surge or hurricane-season flooding usually clears it fast.
Delamination
Delamination means layers of a material are separating from each other, like the top layer of hardwood flooring lifting away from the wood underneath it, or the layers inside a countertop or cabinet coming apart. Water gets between the layers and breaks the glue bond holding them together. For a Fort Lauderdale homeowner, delamination usually means that item cannot be dried back to normal and has to be replaced, not just dried out. It shows up during structural drying when a moisture meter still reads wet under flooring that looks fine on top, and it affects the scope of work an adjuster will approve, since replacement runs higher than a mitigation-only repair.
Desiccant Dehumidifier
This machine dries the air using a chemical material instead of cold coils, so it keeps working when Fort Lauderdale's heat and humidity would make a standard dehumidifier struggle. Crews bring it in for lower-humidity drying in enclosed rooms, or when the water damage involves certain flooring or wood that needs gentler, steadier drying than a refrigerant unit provides. On your bill it usually shows up as specialty equipment, priced higher per day than a standard unit. It can shorten drying time in rooms where regular equipment stalls out, which matters if your insurance adjuster is watching how many days the drying phase runs.
Dry Standard
Dry Standard is the moisture target a drying company sets for your walls and floors before calling the job finished, based on comparing damp materials to an unaffected part of your Fort Lauderdale home. A tech checks this with a moisture meter and logs the readings alongside category and class of water. If your Rio Vista or Coral Ridge home sits near a canal with a high water table, reaching that target can take longer, since ground moisture keeps pushing up through the slab. Stopping air movers and an LGR dehumidifier before hitting it usually means hidden dampness and a mold problem later, so ask for the actual readings, not just a verbal all-clear.
Efflorescence
Efflorescence is a dusty white or gray film that shows up on concrete, brick, or slab surfaces after water has passed through them and dried. Minerals inside the material dissolve, travel to the surface with moisture, and get left behind as the water evaporates. For a Fort Lauderdale homeowner, seeing it on an interior wall or slab edge after a flat roof leak or ground-level flooding is a sign that moisture moved through the material, not just across it, which affects how long drying equipment needs to stay and whether an adjuster treats the area as fully dried before a claim closes.
Evaporation Rate
Evaporation rate is how fast water moves from wet materials into the air inside your Fort Lauderdale home. After a flood or a flat roof leak, the licensed pros we connect you with measure this using psychrometrics, which is just the science of air, temperature, and humidity working together. A slower rate means longer drying time and more days of air movers and an LGR dehumidifier running in your home. This matters on your timeline and your bill: faster evaporation, tracked against IICRC S500 guidelines, can mean fewer days of equipment rental and less risk that Fort Lauderdale's high humidity lets moisture linger inside walls near the New River or the Intracoastal.
Flood Cut
A flood cut means cutting away drywall a set height above the visible waterline, usually a foot or more, because water wicks upward inside the wall past where you can see it got wet. In Fort Lauderdale, where slab foundations mean floodwater from a king tide or tropical downpour sits directly against interior walls, skipping this step leaves damp material behind that can affect the moisture reading on later checks and delay sign-off. On an insurance claim, the cut height and the reason for it usually needs to show up in the scope of work before an adjuster will approve payment for the drywall replacement.
Grain Depression
Grain depression is a low spot in a wood floor's surface pattern where the material dipped as it dried unevenly after moisture exposure. Restoration crews check for it because it signals the wood absorbed water deep enough to swell before drying pulled it back down, which often means the flooring under Fort Lauderdale's slab foundations needs replacing rather than just drying with air movers. Insurers weigh this when settling a claim, since a depression is physical proof of loss that supports the scope of work beyond simple surface cleanup.
HEPA Filtration
HEPA filtration means running air through a filter fine enough to trap almost all mold spores and fine dust, not just visible debris. During structural drying after a Fort Lauderdale flood, air movers stir up settled particles, so crews often pair a negative-air machine with HEPA filtration to keep spores from spreading past containment into the rest of a Rio Vista or Victoria Park home. For the homeowner, this line on an estimate usually means mold-affected material was found, and it can affect clearance testing results before that area is cleared for rebuild or demolition (demo) work.
IICRC
IICRC stands for the certifying body that trains and tests restoration technicians on drying methods, and it wrote the S500 standard most Fort Lauderdale insurers and contractors follow for water jobs. A crew holding this certification has been tested on category and class of water, psychrometrics, and safe use of air movers and LGR dehumidifiers. For a homeowner near the New River or the Intracoastal, it is a quick way to check whether the pros you connect with actually know slab-on-grade drying, not just carpet cleaning, before you sign a scope of work.
In-Place Drying
In-place drying means drying a wet structure where it stands, without removing flooring, drywall, or cabinetry unless materials are already ruined. Air movers and an LGR dehumidifier pull moisture out over several days while a moisture meter tracks progress. For a homeowner, this avoids demolition costs and shortens the claim, but it only works when the water is clean, category one water and caught early. Class two or three water, or water sitting for over 24 to 48 hours, usually forces removal instead.
Insurance Adjuster
An insurance adjuster is the person your insurer sends, or assigns remotely, to look at the water damage in your Fort Lauderdale home and decide how much the claim is worth. They review the scope of work, the category of water involved, and the drying and demolition already done before agreeing to pay. What this means for you: their number, not your contractor's invoice, usually sets the payout, and it may reflect actual cash value rather than full replacement cost. Ask which one applies before repairs begin, since that gap can leave you covering part of the bill in Rio Vista, Victoria Park, or anywhere else in the city.
LGR Dehumidifier
An LGR dehumidifier pulls extra water out of the air faster than a standard unit, which matters after slab flooding in Fort Lauderdale because tropical downpours and king-tide intrusion soak drywall, baseboards, and flooring all at once. It squeezes more moisture from air that is already humid, which South Florida air usually is, so drying continues instead of stalling. On an estimate this shows up as equipment rental days. Fewer units running longer, or more running for a shorter stretch, both change what the final bill and the drying timeline look like.
Mitigation
Mitigation covers the first hours of work after a slab floods in Fort Lauderdale: pulling out standing water, pulling up soaked flooring, and setting up air movers and an LGR dehumidifier so drywall and cabinetry stop absorbing moisture. It stops the damage from spreading while a separate repair phase, if one is needed, gets scoped and scheduled. On a claim, mitigation is usually billed and paid faster than repairs, and insurers expect it to start right away since delay can be used to argue the loss was allowed to worsen. Skipping it, or waiting for a claim decision first, is the choice most likely to cost a homeowner money later.
Moisture Content
Moisture content is the amount of water trapped inside a material like drywall, wood flooring, or a slab, measured with a moisture meter. In Fort Lauderdale, where flat, low-elevation streets take on tropical downpour and canal or Intracoastal water pushes into homes, this number tells the licensed pros we connect you with when a floor or wall has actually dried out versus just looking dry on the surface. It matters on your claim because insurers often require documented readings before drying equipment comes out, and it affects your timeline because the high, shallow water table here can keep pulling moisture back up into a slab foundation longer than drier inland markets.
Moisture Meter
A moisture meter is a handheld tool the licensed pros we connect you with press against a wall, floor, or slab in your Fort Lauderdale home to measure how much water is trapped inside a material, not just on its surface. It gives a number, not a guess, so drying decisions are based on readings instead of how a wall looks or feels. This matters for your bill and timeline because equipment like air movers and an LGR dehumidifier stays on site only until those readings return to a dry standard, and the same readings often support your insurance claim by documenting that a category of water loss actually reached the drywall or slab.
Mold Assessor
A Mold Assessor is a professional licensed by the state of Florida to inspect a Fort Lauderdale property for mold, write a scope of work, and later run clearance testing to confirm the job is done. This person does not do the physical cleanup; a separate Mold Remediator or licensed contractor handles demo and removal, which keeps the inspection independent from the work being graded. For a homeowner, this split matters on insurance claims: the assessor's report is what an adjuster and the licensed pros you connect with use to justify the covered scope, so hiring an unlicensed inspector can leave a claim unsupported.
Mold Remediator
A Mold Remediator is the licensed professional Florida requires for mold removal jobs above the state's size threshold, distinct from a Mold Assessor, who only inspects and tests. In Fort Lauderdale, where a slab-on-grade home can hold ground moisture for days after a canal or king-tide intrusion, this license matters because unlicensed mold work can void your insurance claim outright. The licensed pros we connect you with document the scope of work, the containment used, and the clearance testing results, giving your adjuster paperwork that supports payment instead of a dispute over who touched the property.
Negative Air Pressure
Negative air pressure means a fan pulls more air out of a room than flows in, so air from outside the room moves in through any gap, instead of the room's air leaking out into the rest of the home. On a Fort Lauderdale water job, this keeps damp, moldy air from a flooded room in Rio Vista or Victoria Park from drifting into hallways and bedrooms during demo and structural drying. It matters for your claim because it is usually billed as part of containment, and skipping it is why a small slab-level flood can end up smelling musty in rooms that never got wet.
Pack-Out
A pack-out means the licensed pros we connect you with remove your belongings from a flooded Fort Lauderdale home so structural drying can happen without furniture, boxes, and personal items in the way. Items go to a separate facility for cleaning, drying, or storage until the space is safe to bring them back. This step gets added to the scope of work when water reached carpets, cabinetry, or storage areas near a slab foundation, and it affects your bill directly, since packing, transport, and storage are usually billed separately from drying equipment like air movers and dehumidifiers. On an insurance claim, ask whether your policy covers pack-out costs under actual cash value or replacement cost value, since that changes what you're reimbursed.
Post-Remediation Verification
Post-remediation verification is the final check confirming your Fort Lauderdale home has dried to a safe, stable level before drying equipment leaves. The pros use readings from a moisture meter, comparing damp materials against unaffected areas of the same slab foundation, to confirm structural drying finished properly rather than stopping early. For you, this step decides whether your insurance claim can close and whether drywall or flooring gets rebuilt now or has to be redone later. Skipping it risks trapped moisture behind new walls, which can surface as a second claim months after the first one closed.
Psychrometrics
Psychrometrics is the science of how air holds and releases moisture, based on temperature and humidity readings taken in your Fort Lauderdale home. Drying pros use these numbers to figure out whether the air can actually pull water out of your walls and flooring, or whether it is too saturated to help. That calculation drives equipment choices, since air movers push damp air across wet surfaces while an LGR dehumidifier pulls the moisture back out. Without this math, drying is guesswork. On your bill, it justifies the equipment count and the number of days it stays running, which insurers scrutinize closely.
Public Adjuster
A public adjuster is a professional a Fort Lauderdale homeowner can hire, separately from the insurance company, to build and negotiate their own water damage claim. They inspect the property, document the category and class of water involved, and push back if the insurer's payout looks low. For the homeowner, this affects the claim timeline and the final settlement amount, since a public adjuster typically charges a percentage of what they recover. Florida law under Chapter 626 sets licensing rules for this work through the Department of Financial Services.
Relative Humidity
Relative humidity is a percentage showing how close the air in your Fort Lauderdale home is to holding all the moisture it can at that temperature. On a drying job, this number tells the licensed pros we connect you with whether an LGR dehumidifier is winning against the wet drywall and slab underfoot, or losing to the outside air pushing back in through gaps near Sunrise Boulevard traffic or a canal-front lanai. If readings stay high on day three, expect more air movers, more days billed, and a longer wait before your insurer's clearance testing can close the claim.
Remediation
Remediation is the actual work of fixing water damage after the water has been removed and everything is dry — replacing ruined drywall, flooring, or slab-set cabinetry, and treating any mold growth. It comes after mitigation, which is the emergency water extraction and drying step. On an estimate, remediation costs are usually separate from mitigation costs, so a Fort Lauderdale homeowner should expect two scopes of work, not one. If mold remediation is part of the job, Florida law requires the company to hold a state Mold Remediator license from DBPR — ask to see it before signing anything.
Replacement Cost Value
Replacement cost value pays what it costs today to rebuild or replace damaged materials with the same quality, no deduction taken for how old the flooring or drywall was. Most Fort Lauderdale homeowner policies pay actual cash value first, then release the remaining replacement cost value once repairs are finished and proof is submitted. On a slab home near the Intracoastal, that gap between the two payments can decide whether structural drying and demolition happen before the second check arrives.
S500 Standard
The S500 Standard is the water damage restoration industry's written procedure book, published by the IICRC, that spells out how a job should be inspected, tested, and dried. For a Fort Lauderdale homeowner, it matters because it sets the category of water and class of water the pros use to decide the scope of work on your estimate — how many air movers and LGR dehumidifiers get placed, whether containment is needed, and when psychrometrics and a moisture meter or thermal imaging say the structural drying is actually finished. Following it is also what supports clearance testing and your insurance claim, since adjusters weigh actual cash value and replacement cost value against documented, standard-based drying rather than guesswork.
S520 Standard
The S520 Standard is the industry guide for identifying and cleaning up mold inside a home, published by the IICRC, the same organization behind the S500 water damage guide. It sets out how a licensed pro should inspect a property, contain the affected area so spores do not spread to clean rooms, and confirm the work is done through clearance testing before calling the job finished. For a Fort Lauderdale homeowner, this matters because Florida law requires a state-licensed Mold Assessor or Mold Remediator for jobs above a certain size, so a contractor following this standard is also the one meeting that licensing requirement, which affects both your insurance claim and whether the work holds up if a dispute comes later.
Scope of Work
In Fort Lauderdale, this document lays out exactly what work the licensed pros we connect you with will perform on your slab-foundation home after canal overflow, storm surge, or a flat roof leak lets water in. It states the category of water and class of water found, which rooms need structural drying versus demolition, and what containment or clearance testing applies. Your insurer compares this document against actual cash value or replacement cost value figures. Anything left off it, like drywall near Las Olas Boulevard flooring damage, will not be paid for or performed unless someone amends it first.
Structural Drying
Structural drying is the controlled removal of moisture from a home's building materials after a slab flood in Fort Lauderdale, using air movers and an LGR dehumidifier together rather than just wiping up standing water. Because a shallow water table keeps pushing moisture up into concrete slabs here, drying often runs longer than the same job would in a drier region. This matters on your claim because an insurer typically pays for equipment run time based on daily moisture readings, not a flat number of days, so a drawn-out reading changes the bill and the timeline before flooring or drywall can go back in.
Thermal Imaging Camera
A thermal imaging camera shows temperature differences on walls, floors, and ceilings, letting the licensed pros we connect you with spot wet areas hidden behind drywall or under tile without cutting into it. In a slab-on-grade Fort Lauderdale home with no basement or crawl space, this matters because moisture from a canal-side flood or a flat roof leak can travel far past where water was first seen. On your scope of work, this scan decides how much drywall demo is actually needed versus left alone, which affects your bill and how long structural drying runs before clearance testing signs off.
Thermo-Hygrometer
A thermo-hygrometer is a handheld meter that reads air temperature and how much moisture the air is holding. The pros use it to check conditions inside a Fort Lauderdale home during structural drying, not just to test one wet spot. For the homeowner, these readings back up the drying log attached to the invoice and the insurance claim, showing air movers and any LGR dehumidifier are actually pulling moisture out over time. Without that log, an insurer can question how long drying equipment ran, which affects what gets paid and how fast the job wraps up.
Vapor Barrier
A vapor barrier is a sheet, usually plastic, installed under a slab or over crawl framing to block ground moisture from soaking upward into flooring and drywall. In Fort Lauderdale, where the water table sits high and most homes rest on a concrete slab, this layer matters after any flood or slow leak, because a torn or missing one lets moisture keep migrating up long after floodwater recedes. On a restoration estimate, replacing a damaged section adds to the demolition and structural drying line items, and skipping it can shorten how long repaired flooring actually lasts.
Wicking
Wicking is water traveling sideways through a wall, baseboard, or piece of drywall, pulled upward by the material itself even after standing water is gone. In a Fort Lauderdale slab foundation home, floodwater from a king tide or storm surge can sit against a wall for hours, and drywall or baseboards will draw that moisture up several inches above the visible waterline. For the homeowner, this means the drying scope on the estimate often extends well above where the water actually stood, and cutting drywall only at the waterline leaves hidden moisture behind that can lead to mold later.
Xactimate
Xactimate is the software most insurance companies and restoration companies use to price a water damage job in Fort Lauderdale. It breaks the work into line items, like removing wet drywall or running an LGR dehumidifier, and prices each one using local labor and material rates. For the homeowner, this matters because your insurance adjuster's Xactimate estimate and the restoration company's Xactimate estimate can come out different, even for the same flooded room. When the two numbers do not match, that gap is usually what a claim dispute is actually about, not the drying work itself.
Understand the Terms Used
Water damage reports use words that mean very little until your own floor is wet. This glossary breaks down terms the licensed pros we connect you with actually use when they inspect a home in Fort Lauderdale, from how a slab foundation holds moisture to what separates a flat roof leak from storm surge intrusion. Knowing the words helps you understand what's being done in your own house near Sailboat Bend or Riverside Park. Call (954) 910-2507 if you'd rather just ask someone directly.
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