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A typical older masonry home with unreinforced brick walls, wood floors, and a wood roof
Buildings damaged by a hurricane storm surge: upper homes on gulf shoreline were hit by large waves above the lowest floor, lower left home on bay and right school 1.3 miles from gulf shoreline were hit by surge and small waves.
The open-web roof and floor joists, laminated beams, and I-beams reduce raw lumber use and increase load-bearing capacity, while resisting shrinking, twisting, splitting, and warping.
Wrong – The asphalt shingle shim is too small and the floor joist was cut too short.