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For homes built on an open foundation, provide a continuous air barrier by sealing all joints between the rigid insulation, floor support beams, rim joist, and bottom wall plate

For homes built on an open foundation, provide a continuous air barrier by sealing all joints between the rigid insulation, floor support beams, rim joist, and bottom wall plate
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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

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
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For seismic retrofit of crawlspace with posts and piers, add cross bracing to posts; add cross bracing and solid blocking between floor joists

For seismic retrofit of crawlspace with posts and piers, add cross bracing to posts; add cross bracing and solid blocking between floor joists
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FORTIFIED Animation: Hurricane - Continuous Load Path

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FORTIFIED Animation: Hurricane - OPENINGS

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Foundation details where waterproofing continuity can be a concern.

Foundation details where waterproofing continuity can be a concern.
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Foundation for concrete floors for flood-prone areas.

Foundation for concrete floors for flood-prone areas.
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Foundation for Wood-Framed Floors for flood-prone areas.

Foundation for Wood-Framed Floors for flood-prone areas.
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Foundation heat exchanger installed in overcut around a basement wall

Foundation heat exchanger installed in overcut around a basement wall
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Foundation Insulation Effectiveness: Frost Protected Shallow Foundations

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Foundation wall exterior board insulation with above-grade wall insulation

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Foundation wall exterior board insulation with above-grade wall insulation
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Foundation Wall Exterior board insulation without above-grade wall insulation

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Foundation Wall Exterior board insulation without above-grade wall insulation
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Foundation wall interior polyisocyanurate, foil-faced, exposed

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Foundation wall interior polyisocyanurate, foil-faced, exposed
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Foundation wall interior rigid insulation with framed wall

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Foundation wall interior rigid insulation with framed wall
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Foundation wall interior rigid insulation with furring strips

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Foundation wall interior rigid insulation with furring strips
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Framing anchors, anchor bolts, joist hangers, and bridging pieces all help to tie the components of the floor system together and to the foundation to increase resistance against seismic forces.

Framing anchors, anchor bolts, joist hangers, and bridging pieces all help to tie the components of the floor system together and to the foundation to increase resistance against seismic forces.
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Fuel tank is elevated above flood waters on a base of structural fill and anchored to the concrete pad

Fuel tank is elevated above flood waters on a base of structural fill and anchored to the concrete pad
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Fully Flashed Window and Door Openings (1)

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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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Good water management practices like sloping grade away from house, and installing gutters, perimeter drain pipe, a capillary break, and free-draining soils or drainage mat protect the foundation from water saturation.

Good water management practices like sloping grade away from house, and installing gutters, perimeter drain pipe, a capillary break, and free-draining soils or drainage mat protect the foundation from water saturation.
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Green Coast Enterprises built this New Orleans home on piers so that the floor is 1 foot above the base flood level; borate treated framing and closed-cell spray foam insulation add to the home's moisture resistance.

Green Coast Enterprises built this New Orleans home on piers so that the floor is 1 foot above the base flood level; borate treated framing and closed-cell spray foam insulation add to the home's moisture resistance.