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Fortified Home Roof Deck Attachment for Hurricanes

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Fortified Home Roof Deck Attachment for Hurricanes
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Fortified Home Roof Protection Requirements

Fortified Home Roof Protection Requirements
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FORTIFIED Roof System - Hurricane

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FORTIFIED Roof System - Hurricane

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Fully Flashed Window and Door Openings (1)

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Fully Flashed Window and Door Openings (2)

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Gable End Bracing and Framing

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Gable end vents allow in wind-driven rain because pressures that develop between the outside surface of the wall and the inside of the attic are sufficient to drive water uphill several inches.

Gable end vents allow in wind-driven rain because pressures that develop between the outside surface of the wall and the inside of the attic are sufficient to drive water uphill several inches.
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Garage door failure due to negative pressures from hurricane force winds.

Garage door failure due to negative pressures from hurricane force winds.
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Garage door failure due to positive pressures from hurricane force winds.

Garage door failure due to positive pressures from hurricane force winds.
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Garage Door Label showing design wind pressures.

Garage Door Label showing design wind pressures.
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Garage door threshold weatherstripping is ready to be installed on the garage floor beneath the garage door.

Garage door threshold weatherstripping is ready to be installed on the garage floor beneath the garage door.
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Get a Storm Ready Roof

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Grade-level drainage

Grade-level drainage
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Gutter channel

Gutter channel
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Gutters and downspouts direct rainwater down and away from buildings to keep building walls and foundations drier

Gutters and downspouts direct rainwater down and away from buildings to keep building walls and foundations drier
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Hanger Bolt Mounting with Flashing for Mounting PV Panels on a Round Tile Roof

Hanger Bolt Mounting with Flashing for Mounting PV Panels on a Round Tile Roof
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Heat loss through the roof of a home in a cold climate zone leads to snow melting to form ice dams.

Heat loss through the roof of a home in a cold climate zone leads to snow melting to form ice dams.
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Heavy snow loads can exceed roof load limits risking roof collapse

Heavy snow loads can exceed roof load limits risking roof collapse
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High Performance Builder Spotlight: ReVISION Home, Las Vegas, Nevada

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High winds pulled part of the roof off this gable-roofed home.

High winds pulled part of the roof off this gable-roofed home.
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High winds pulled the asphalt shingles and sheathing panels off this coastal home, although storm shutters protected the windows

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

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Hip roof

Hip roof