Water damage restoration in Lehigh Acres usually starts inside the house. Most homes here are single-story block houses on concrete slabs, many built in the 2000s and later. When a supply line, washer hose or water heater fails, the water spreads across tile and under the cabinets with nowhere to drain.
Many Lehigh Acres homes run on a private well and septic system rather than city water. A well pump keeps pushing water through a broken line until the pump breaker is off, and a septic backup counts as Category 3 water. Turn off the well pump breaker as well as the main valve if the leak is inside.
Outside water comes from heavy rain. Lehigh Acres sits inland on flat ground drained by a canal system run by the East County Water Control District. Hurricane Irma in 2017 left standing water in many neighborhoods here for days. Repairs in Lehigh Acres go through Lee County permitting, since the community is unincorporated.
Around Lehigh Acres
Places nearby:
- 📍Harns Marsh Preserve
- 📍Veterans Park
- 📍Lee Boulevard
- 📍Homestead Road
- 📍Joel Boulevard
Water Restoration in Lehigh Acres Local notes
- •Lehigh Acres is unincorporated, so building permits come from Lee County, not a city office.
- •Homes on a private well need the pump breaker off, not only the main valve, to stop an indoor leak.
- •A septic backup into the house is Category 3 water, cleaned like flood water.
- •Drainage canals are managed by the East County Water Control District.