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Cap nail securing a weather-resistant barrier

Cap nail securing a weather-resistant barrier
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Casement windows or wing walls can create zones of higher pressure (right) and lower pressure (left) to encourage cross ventilation when wind is flowing parallel to window openings

Casement windows or wing walls can create zones of higher pressure (right) and lower pressure (left) to encourage cross ventilation when wind is flowing parallel to window openings
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Ceiling joists extend out to provide very strong roof overhangs that will resist uplift pressures in high winds.

Ceiling joists extend out to provide very strong roof overhangs that will resist uplift pressures in high winds.
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Child-proof slide locks can be used on drawers and cabinets to prevent their accidental, unintended use.

Child-proof slide locks can be used on drawers and cabinets to prevent their accidental, unintended use.
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Coastal erosion eats away at the shoreline.

Coastal erosion eats away at the shoreline.
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Coastal flooding gutted this home.

Coastal flooding gutted this home.
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Coastal flooding washed away most of the first floor of this home; however, the piers and roof are still standing.

Coastal flooding washed away most of the first floor of this home; however, the piers and roof are still standing.
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Coastal flooding washed away this home but left the masonry piers, which are set in concrete bases.

Coastal flooding washed away this home but left the masonry piers, which are set in concrete bases.
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Code Compliant Portal Frames Built Right

Code Compliant Portal Frames Built Right
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Column-to-Foundation Connection Detail, per Fortified Home

Column-to-Foundation Connection Detail, per Fortified Home
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Comfort ventilation focuses on airflow over occupants; in this example of wind-driven cross ventilation, the air is directed through the main occupied areas of the bedroom

Comfort ventilation focuses on airflow over occupants; in this example of wind-driven cross ventilation, the air is directed through the main occupied areas of the bedroom
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Common methods for plywood shutter attachment to wood-frame and masonry walls.

Common methods for plywood shutter attachment to wood-frame and masonry walls.
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Comparison of a building that sits below the Design Flood Elevation and renovated to be above the DFE and to add a second story.

Comparison of a building that sits below the Design Flood Elevation and renovated to be above the DFE and to add a second story.
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Comparison of a building that sits below the Design Flood Elevation and renovated to be above the DFE.

Comparison of a building that sits below the Design Flood Elevation and renovated to be above the DFE.
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Comparison of a building that sits below the Design Flood Elevation and renovated to be above the DFE.

Comparison of a building that sits below the Design Flood Elevation and renovated to be above the DFE.
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Composition shingle roofing system showing sheathing and hot-mopped underlayment

Composition shingle roofing system showing sheathing and hot-mopped underlayment
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Compost Erosion Control and Amended Soils for Construction Sites

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Comprehensive water management features include a capillary break (≥ 6-mil polyethylene sheeting) at all crawlspace floors

Comprehensive water management features include a capillary break (≥ 6-mil polyethylene sheeting) at all crawlspace floors
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Concrete pier foundations can be used in place of wood piles in coastal areas where risk of erosion and scour is low.

Concrete pier foundations can be used in place of wood piles in coastal areas where risk of erosion and scour is low.
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Connecting hardware helps tie the roof to the walls to ensure a continuous load path to improve a building’s resistance to high winds, floods, and earthquakes.

Connecting hardware helps tie the roof to the walls to ensure a continuous load path to improve a building’s resistance to high winds, floods, and earthquakes.
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Connecting hardware helps tie the walls to the top plates and rim joists to ensure a continuous load path to improve a building’s resistance to high winds, floods, and earthquakes.

Connecting hardware helps tie the walls to the top plates and rim joists to ensure a continuous load path to improve a building’s resistance to high winds, floods, and earthquakes.
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Connection details for misaligned pier-foundation piles.

Connection details for misaligned pier-foundation piles.
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Connection of floor framing to support beam for a coastal home built on piles (band joist nailing to the floor joist is adequate to resist uplift forces).

Connection of floor framing to support beam for a coastal home built on piles (band joist nailing to the floor joist is adequate to resist uplift forces)
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Connection of floor support beam to foundation for pile foundation.

Connection of floor support beam to foundation for pile foundation.