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Report describing ways to retrofit a home to make it more hurricane resistant.

A document aimed at reducing the vulnerability of a gable end roof to wind damage in a hurricane.

Report describing the hurricane retrofit guide with focus on walls and wooded framed walls.

Checklist providing information about the specific requirements of FORTIFIED Roof™ design and construction standard for re-roofing specific for hurricane resistance.

Checklist providing good and bad methods of fortifying the roof, especially in hurricanes.

Web article describing many ways homeowners, contractors, and builders can make homes more resistant to hurricanes, tornadoes, high winds, floods, and hail.

Fact sheet describing how to prepare for hurricane season and mitigate damage from floods and high winds.

Guide describing the requirements by FORTIFIED Home™ for improving the home's resistance in severe thunderstorms, straight-line wind events, and high winds at the outer edges of tornadoes.

Report summarizing the requirements for strenghtening and protecting the roof, openings in the house, and creating a continuous load path to strengthen walls and foundation per the IBHS Fortified Homes Hurricane Standard for Existing Homes.

Report summarizing the requirements for strenghtening and protecting the roof, openings in the house, and creating a continuous load path to strengthen walls and foundation per the IBHS Fortified Homes Hurricane Standard for New Homes.

A hurricane retrofit guide describing techniques for strengthening roof-to-wall connections for family homes.

Code describing the requirements for existing site-built single-family homes to receive roof-to-wall retrofits when re-roofing.

A Recovery Advisory guide reccomending practices for designing and installing metal roof systems that will enhance wind resistance in high-wind regions (i.e., greater than 90-miles per hour [mph] gust design wind speed).

Document containing recommendations on how to brace roofs and gable end walls based on lessons learned from analyzing the destruction from hurricane Andrew.

A recovery advisory guide presenting important recommendations to reduce wind and water infiltration damage to new and existing residential buildings.

Florida building code including all the amendments and additions by Florida for the wind-borne debris regions and the high-velocity hurricane zone.

Guide describing how and where to install flashings in order to weatherproof a roof.

Guide describing the requirements by FORTIFIED Home™ for improving the home's resistance to high wind and hail.

Fact sheet describing how to install bracing to retrofit roof dormers for increased wind resistance.

A guide on the use of rain barrels for greater water efficiency and use in gardens and lawns.

Fact sheet describing impact-resistant window systems with specifics on Florida’s building codes.

Fact sheet instructing installers about flashing installed on a FORTIFIED roof and points to roof covering manufacturers for flashing installation instructions.

Article describing the insurance savings of a home with a hip roof versus a gable roof from the perspective of an insurance advisor.

Fact sheet describing flashing of roof penetrations to make a home more resistant to high winds, hurricanes, and rainwater intrusion.

Checklist providing recommendations for the right tape in order to reduce the risk of leaks during storms with wind-driven rain.

Checklist providing good and bad methods of fortifying the roof, especially in high wind situations.

Checklist providing options and a guide for taping roof deck seams.

Report covering the performance of residential buildings during three hurricanes impacting Florida in 2004.

Factsheet describing ways to install sheathing over existing 1x roof decking.

Checklist providing additional guidance and options for asphalt shingle installations at roof edges, intersections and valleys.