Guides A-Z

Guide describing how to apply water management strategies to below grade walls.

Guide describing how to properly construct decks and other building attachments to be resistant to ignition in the event of a wildfire.

Guide describing how to effectively create defensible space between a residence and potential wildfire fuels in high-risk fire hazard areas.

Guide describing methods for short-term control of erosion during construction and long-term measures for controlling erosion on sloped sites or sites with river banks or shore lines.

Guide describing how to properly grade a site so water will flow away from the foundation.

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

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

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