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How to Perform a Wind Mitigation Inspection #1

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How To Strengthen Your Home for Under $10,000 – Insulated Concrete Forms

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How To Strengthen Your Home for Under $10,000 – Roof, Walls, Windows, and Doors

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Hurricane Emergency Board Up Animation - FLASH, Inc.

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Hurricane force winds that breach external windows and doors can then cause failure of the entire building due to internal pressures on walls and roof.

Hurricane force winds that breach external windows and doors can then cause failure of the entire building due to internal pressures on walls and roof.
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Hurricane Straps

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Improper flashing can allow rain water into walls, causing significant damage

Improper flashing can allow rain water into walls, causing significant damage
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In areas prone to high winds and hurricanes, double vertical “jack trim” and horizontal “header” and “sill” studs are recommended on all sides of window and door openings.

In areas prone to high winds and hurricanes, double vertical “jack trim” and horizontal “header” and “sill” studs are recommended on all sides of window and door openings.
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Install a self-closing door with weatherstripping and thoroughly air-seal the shared house-garage walls to help keep automobile exhaust and other pollutants out of the home.

Install a self-closing door with weatherstripping and thoroughly air-seal the shared house-garage walls to help keep automobile exhaust and other pollutants out of the home.
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Install a wall cap on the outside exhaust hole and apply caulking around the cap to ensure air-tightness

Install a wall cap on the outside exhaust hole and apply caulking around the cap to ensure air-tightness
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Install all layers of the drainage plane to overlap, not underlap, to direct bulk water down and out of the wall.

Install all layers of the drainage plane to overlap, not underlap, to direct bulk water down and out of the wall.
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Install an ENERGY STAR labeled insulated door with an automatic closer. Weather strip the door frame

Install an ENERGY STAR labeled insulated door with an automatic closer. Weather strip the door frame
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Install insulating foam sheathing and tape all seams to serve as a continuous drainage plane behind the home’s cladding.

Install insulating foam sheathing and tape all seams to serve as a continuous drainage plane behind the home’s cladding.
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Install minimum 6" wide self-adhered butyl Z-flashing

Install minimum 6" wide self-adhered butyl Z-flashing
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Install remaining sidewall flashing, counter flashing, and shingles

Install remaining sidewall flashing, counter flashing, and shingles
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Install self-adhesive sill flashing

Install self-adhesive sill flashing
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Install shingle starter strip then kick-out diverter; attach to roof deck but not sidewall

Install shingle starter strip then kick-out diverter; attach to roof deck but not sidewall
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Install the housewrap. Cut housewrap to fit over diverter and tape top of cut

Install the housewrap. Cut housewrap to fit over diverter and tape top of cut
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Install trim and cap flashing

Install trim and cap flashing
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Install weatherstripping in the framing of openable doors and windows; use caulk to seal seams in and around trim.

Install weatherstripping in the framing of openable doors and windows; use caulk to seal seams in and around trim.
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Installation of weatherstripping on a window.

Installation of weatherstripping on a window.
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Installation sequence for deck ledger flashing.

Installation sequence for deck ledger flashing.
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Installing European Passive House Windows #007: Tilt Slide Doors

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Installing European Passive House Windows #008: Balcony Doors