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Guide describing how to construct homes and decks to manage heavy snow loads in winter weather.

Guide discussing how to install metals roofs to resist damage from high winds, hurricanes, ice, and wildfires.

Information guide describing things to consider in the attic, ceiling, or roof before attempting retrofits of items including HVAC, wiring, or structural systems.

Guide describing ways to retrofit an existing roof to increase its resistance to damage during hurricanes, high winds, and earthquakes.

A guide for choosing, installing, and flashing roof anchoring systems for solar panels.

Information guide describing roof construction techniques and tactics for fire resistance.

Guide describing requirements for sealing roof sheathing to increase resistance to high winds and rain.

Guide describing how to apply self-adhered asphaltic membranes at eaves in cold climates to help guard against ice dams.

Guide describing construction and protection of roof edges to resist air pressures at roof edges during high-wind events.

Guide describing options for providing access to the roof via openable skylights, dormer windows, or roof hatches, for occupants of homes in areas prone to severe flooding.

Guide describing how to seal roof valleys and how to seal around pipes, chimneys, and other roof deck penetrations.

Guide describing how to retrofit an exterior wall and/or attic to provide continuous air sealing.

Guide describing methods to keep birds, rodents, and other pests out of vent openings and other locations in new and existing homes.

Guide describing how to apply spray foam insulation to the floor of the attic in existing homes.

Guide describing how to install step and kick-out flashing where walls meet roofs.

Guide describing methods for insulating an unvented attic along the roof line.

Guide describing a method for insulating an unvented attic by spraying foam insulation along the underside of the roof deck.

Guide describing construction of unvented, sloped, insulated roof assemblies in high wind zone areas.

Guide describing options for insulating and air sealing at either the attic floor or along the roof line in new homes.

This guide describes how to install a rigid air barrier to separate the porch attic from the conditioned space.

Guide describing an approach to re-roofing an existing flat roof to improve thermal, water, and air control performance.

Guide describing how to re-roof an existing home with a sloped roof and add insulation above the roof deck.

Guide describing wind washing of insulation in the eaves of vented attics and how to prevent it.

Roofs & Attics

Managing Snow Loads on Roofs and Decks

Metal Roofs

Pre-Retrofit Assessment of Attics, Ceilings, and Roofs

Retrofit of Existing Roofs for Hurricane, High Wind, and Seismic Resistance

Roof Anchor System for Solar Panels

Roof Construction for Fire Resistance

Roof Deck Sheathing and Sealing for Sloped Roofs

Roof Eaves Sealed with Self-Adhering Membrane in Cold Climates

Roof Edge Protection

Roof Escape Openings for Flood-Prone Areas

Roof Valleys and Penetrations Sealed

Roof/Attic to Exterior Wall Air Control Upgrade

Screens and Other Deterrents for Birds, Rodents, and Other Pests

Spray Foam Insulation Applied to Existing Attic Floor

Step and Kick-Out Flashing at Roof-Wall Intersections

Unvented Attic Insulation

Unvented Conditioned Attic with Spray Foam Insulation Below Roof Deck

Unvented Insulated Sloped Roofs

Vented versus Unvented Attic

Walls Adjoining Porch Roof

Water Managed Roof – Re-roofing and Adding Insulation over a Flat Roof

Water Managed Roof – Re-roofing and Adding Insulation Over a Sloped Roof

Wind Washing

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