Guides A-Z

Guide describing how to install low-e interior storm windows.

Guide describing how to brace gable end walls to resist wind pressures.

Guide describing how to install low-e exterior storm windows.

A guide describing how to install low-sloped ("flat") roofs with insulation above the roof deck that resist wind pressures during high-wind events.

Guide discussing disaster resistance related to metal roofing when installing roofing on new construction or when repairing or replacing roofing on existing homes.

Guide describing how to select the siding materials best suited to withstand hazards the home is likely to face within its lifetime.

A guide describing how to elevate and secure HVAC equipment for protection against floods, earthquakes, and high winds.

Guide describing how to correctly slope solid surfaces outside a home so rainwater flows away from the home.

Guide describing how to provide a continuous load path with appropriate connectors to improve the wind resistance of attached porches, carports, and decks during high-wind events.

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

Guide describing how to apply an air control layer directly over existing wall sheathing and cover with two layers of insulating sheathing held in place by vertical furring strips.

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

Guide describing requirements for sheathing and sealing the roof decking in accordance with the requirements of the IBHS Fortified Home Program's Hurricane and High Wind Standards, and other roofing considerations to increase the roof's disaster resistance.

Guide describing designs and construction retrofits for roof assemblies to resist pressures at roof edges during high-wind events.

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

Guide describing design for shelter-in-place spaces during windstorm storm events.

Guide describing how to install step and kick-out flashing on roofs.

Guide describing the need for adequate structural sheathing in exterior walls in homes in high-wind areas.

Guide describing the use of swales, French drains, and site grading to minimize saturation of foundations and ponding of stormwater runoff on sites.

Guide describing techniques for installing insulating sheathing as a continuous drainage plane on walls.

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

Guide describing construction of sloped roofs that are unvented and are insulated above the roof deck.

Guide describing options for designing and locating the thermal boundary at either the attic floor or along the roof line in new and existing homes.

Guide describing how to construct the walls of a home with bracing to resist wind and earthquake loads.

Guide describing how to install flashings to help direct water down and out of windows and doors openings in exterior walls.