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Website providing guidance on how to reduce the risk of damage to a home from hail.
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Video overviewing how to make a home flood resistant, meaning that they can be quickly restored to their original condition after a natural disaster. Recommendations from LSU AgCenter.
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Case study describing a four-square Concord home retrofitted by Building Science Corporation in Massachusetts.
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Guide describing how to repair or replace skylights in existing homes.
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Information guide describing how to apply a whole-house approach to home improvement with energy efficiency upgrades, improved indoor air quality, and increased comfort.
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Guide discussing disaster resistance related to asphalt shingle roofing when installing roofing on new construction or when repairing or replacing roofing on existing homes.
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Guide describing how to re-roof an existing home with a sloped and add insulation above the roof deck.
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Guide describing construction of sloped roofs that are unvented and are insulated above the roof deck.
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A guide describing how to install low-sloped ("flat") roofs with insulation above the roof deck that resist wind pressures during high-wind events.
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Guide describing how to seal roof valleys and how to seal around pipes, chimneys, and other roof deck penetrations.
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Guide describing construction of gable roof overhangs to resist uplift pressures in high winds.
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Guide describing how to construct homes and decks to manage heavy snow loads in winter weather.