Water damage restoration in North Fort Myers covers two kinds of homes. Block houses on slabs line the canals off the Caloosahatchee and the streets near Pondella Road and Hancock Bridge Parkway. North Fort Myers also has many manufactured home communities, where a leak soaks the particleboard subfloor and the insulation under the floor instead of a slab.
The river side of North Fort Myers took surge during Hurricane Ian in September 2022, and canal homes there can flood again when a storm lines up with a high tide. That outside water is Category 3, so carpet, pad and the lower part of the drywall come out. In a manufactured home, wet floor insulation and the underbelly wrap usually need to be opened so the floor can dry.
North Fort Myers is unincorporated Lee County, so repair permits go through the county. Inside the house, the common calls are AC condensate overflows from closet air handlers, washer hoses and water heaters in the garage or utility room.
Around North Fort Myers
Places nearby:
- 📍Shell Factory and Nature Park
- 📍North Fort Myers High School
- 📍Pondella Road
- 📍Hancock Bridge Parkway
- 📍Bayshore Road
- 📍Caloosahatchee River
Water Restoration in North Fort Myers Local notes
- •Repair permits in North Fort Myers come from Lee County.
- •Manufactured homes take water into the subfloor and floor insulation, not a slab.
- •Canal homes off the Caloosahatchee can flood when storm surge meets high tide.
- •Hurricane Ian surge reached the river side of North Fort Myers in 2022.