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Double entry door header recommendations

Double entry door header recommendations
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Double entry door threshold recommendations

Double entry door threshold recommendations
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Downspout termination

Downspout termination
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Drip flashing at the door head and drip flashing with hook at the head help to keep out wind-driven rain.

Drip flashing at the door head and drip flashing with hook at the head help to keep out wind-driven rain.
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Dry Floodproofing

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Dry wells are underground tanks that store water to percolate or drain slowly to another site or sewer.

Dry wells are underground tanks that store water to percolate or drain slowly to another site or sewer.
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Dune erosion caused by the combination of a hurricane and a nor’easter in Ocean City, New Jersey

Dune erosion caused by the combination of a hurricane and a nor’easter in Ocean City, New Jersey
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Durability concerns on a house continuously sheathed with a proprietary fiber structural panel used as bracing. Photo 1 of 2.

Durability concerns on a house continuously sheathed with a proprietary fiber structural panel used as bracing. Photo 1 of 2.
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Durability concerns on a house continuously sheathed with a proprietary fiber structural panel used as bracing. Photo 2 of 2.

Durability concerns on a house continuously sheathed with a proprietary fiber structural panel used as bracing. Photo 2 of 2.
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During high wind events, high localized areas of negative pressure (“suction”) occur above roof membranes

During high wind events, high localized areas of negative pressure (“suction”) occur above roof membranes
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During high wind events, vortices form along the edges of the roof creating areas of localized negative pressure (“suction”) above the roof

During high wind events, vortices form along the edges of the roof creating areas of localized negative pressure (“suction”) above the roof
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Effect of seismic forces on supporting piles.

Effect of seismic forces on supporting piles.
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Effect of Wind on an Enclosed Building and a Building with an Opening

Effect of wind on an enclosed building and a building with an opening.
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Elevated slab construction with no water sensitive materials on first level

Elevated slab construction with no water sensitive materials on first level
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Emergency Supplies Storage Location

Emergency Supplies Storage Location
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Encourage dune formation by installing sand fences or pallets and planting dune grasses.

Encourage dune formation by installing sand fences or pallets and planting dune grasses.
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End conditions for braced wall lines with continuous sheathing, Figure R602.10.7 in the IRC

End conditions for braced wall lines with continuous sheathing, Figure R602.10.7 in the IRC
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Erosion & Sediment Control Requirements

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Example A of a gable truss and gable end wall bracing for a home in a hurricane region

Example A of a gable truss and gable end wall bracing for a home in a hurricane region
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Example B of a gable truss and gable end wall bracing for a home in a hurricane region

Example B of a gable truss and gable end wall bracing for a home in a hurricane region
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Example of garage door with 2"x4" girts and metal mullions

Example of garage door with 2"x4" girts and metal mullions
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Example of masonry construction. Wall separated from building envelope due to inadequate vertical wall reinforcing in connection to horizontal tie-beam.

Example of masonry construction. Wall separated from building envelope due to inadequate vertical wall reinforcing in connection to horizontal tie-beam.
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Example of two-story platform framing on a pile-and-beam foundation.

Example of two-story platform framing on a pile-and-beam foundation.
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Example sketch of porch for calculations showing tributary areas for column uplift loads

Example sketch of porch for calculations showing tributary areas for column uplift loads