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A single-story house floor plan showing braced wall line locations at A through E and 1 through 5
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Earthquake-ready home actions include securing cabinets, shelves, and heavy furniture or electronics to walls and preparing utilities for disruptive movement.
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Earthquake-ready home actions include securing water heaters, shelves, and heavy furniture to walls and preparing utilities for emergency shut-off.
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Key connection points for a continuous load path for earthquake and high wind disaster resistance
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Landscape trees and shrubs to funnel cooling breeze towards a home in hot climate zones.
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Location of Braced Wall Panels and Braced Wall Lines, Figure R602.10.2.2 in the IRC
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Low perimeter to area (P/A) ratio home designs reduce heat transfer and perform better in hot climate zones than high P/A ratio homes.
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New Charleston, SC home's first level used as parking, storage, and access space
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Possible failure scenarios due to house sitting on poorly braced and secured cripple wall
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The cripple walls in this home gave way in the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, causing the walls to partially collapse.
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This whole house fan is suspended from rafters and connected to the intake grille by a curved insulated duct, greatly reducing vibration and noise in the occupied space
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This whole-house fan is suspended from rafters and connected to the intake grille by a curved acoustic duct, greatly reducing vibration and noise in the occupied space
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