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FEMA P-320 Safe Room Design Wood Frame Plans and Details

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FEMA P-320 Safe Room Design Wood Frame Plans and Details
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FEMA P-320 Safe Room Design Wood Frame with CMU Infill

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FEMA P-320 Safe Room Design Wood Frame with CMU Infill
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FEMA P-804 Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced Wind Hazard Protection Levels

FEMA P-804 Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced Wind Hazard Protection Levels
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FEMA P-804 Best Available Refuge Area Safety Score, Excerpted

FEMA P-804 Best Available Refuge Area Safety Score, Excerpted
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FEMA P-804 Envelope and Structural Assessment, Excerpted

FEMA P-804 Envelope and Structural Assessment, Excerpted
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Formable pan flashing and back dam for window

Formable pan flashing and back dam for window
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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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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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How To Evaluate Opening Protection Systems

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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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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 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 self-adhesive sill flashing

Install self-adhesive sill flashing
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Install trim and cap flashing

Install trim and cap flashing