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For homes with heating registers in the ceiling or floor, air seal where the duct boots meet the ceiling drywall or the flooring to prevent heat loss around the register.

June 2025

For seismic resistance in basement, crawlspace, and crawlspace “cripple” wall foundations, connect the plywood or OSB sheathing to the wall framing, rim joist, and sill plate and anchor bolt the sill plate to the foundation

Fortified Home Gable Vent Shuttering

Fortified Home Roof Protection Requirements

January 2019

December 2014

August 2020

Furring strips are installed over a foil-faced rigid foam sheathing to provide a drainage plane and ventilation gap behind siding.

Furring strips provide a ventilation gap between the coated OSB sheathing and the fiber cement siding.

November 2016

April 2013

Gossamer Wind® ENERGY STAR ceiling fans

October 2014

High winds pulled the asphalt shingles and sheathing panels off this coastal home, although storm shutters protected the windows

Holes in the exterior walls are flashed and flashing is integrated with housewrap before installing rigid mineral wool insulation.

April 2020

July 2017

IBHS Fortified Home Asphalt Shingles Set Directly in Flashing Cement

IBHS Fortified Home Drip Edge Installation for Concrete and Clay Tile Roofs

IBHS Fortified Home Drip Edge Installation for High Winds

IBHS Fortified Home Drip Edge Installation for Hurricanes

IBHS Fortified Home Felt Underlayment Roof Deck

IBHS Fortified Home Flashing Tape Sealed Roof Deck

IBHS Fortified Home Peel and Stick Asphalt Shingles

IBHS Fortified Home Re-Nailing Roof Deck for High Winds

IBHS Fortified Home Re-Nailing Roof Deck for Hurricanes

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