Slab ranches on deep-water canals are their own kind of water loss. Almost everything off Overlook Dr NE went up between the '50s and '70s: no crawlspace, and cast iron drains now pushing 70 years old. When one fails under the slab you don't see it on the floor first. You smell it.
Helene put bay water through the whole neighborhood, same as Shore Acres and Coquina Key. One road in from Shore Acres Blvd NE means we stage trucks and dehus in a single trip. Power lags out here, so we bring generators instead of assuming a live outlet. Seawall and dock damage usually rides along with the interior claim.
Drying a canal-front slab home in Venetian Isles
Do I need to pull up my terrazzo or tile after a slab leak?
Often not. Cast iron failures can usually be dried with injection mats through a small access cut, and the pipe repair gets scoped separately.
Should the dock and seawall go on the same claim as the house?
Usually a separate line item, sometimes a separate policy. Either way, photograph the seawall cap and dock decking the same day we document inside, so the timeline matches.