Home Builder’s Guide to Coastal Construction
Language: English
Published by Independently published, 2018
- Softcover
- New
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United KingdomRevaluation Books
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186 pages. 11.00x8.50x0.44 inches. In Stock.
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- Title
- Home Builder’s Guide to Coastal Construction
- Author
- FEMA
- Publisher
- Independently published
- Publication year
- 2018
- Condition
- Brand New
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 179194230X
- ISBN 13
- 9781791942304
- Item weight
- 0.55 kilograms
Home Builder’s Guide to Coastal Construction - FEMA P-499 PRINTED IN COLOR on Premium paper
No one can promise construction that is "hurricane-proof", but you can make it "hurricane-resistant". This is a complex subject and you really need COLOR drawings and pictures to understand all that is required to build a home that is better able to resist the shear power of a hurricane. Most of the things you need to pay attention to are rather small details that make all the difference when the wind and water start to pick up speed. This book shows where to install additional studs and metal straps to brace the walls and make them more sturdy. It also shows how to improve the roof system's ability to resist wind shear, as well as which materials are best suited to resist repeated water contact and wind-driven rain infiltration.I decided to print this book in COLOR because I believe this is one way to deal with climate change and the rising sea level. You could stick your head in the sand and pretend climate change is not real, but the weather is getting worse and it doesn’t appear that it’s going to be getting any better. Only by designing buildings properly will they be capable of withstanding hurricanes and the storm surge that follows. The sea level is rising and there is nothing anyone can do about that. Even if humans totally cut our carbon footprint to zero today, the sea level rise will continue because of the temperature changes already affecting the oceans. We better be ready by designing buildings to withstand the changes in weather and the rise in sea level. Although this book does not contain a lot of standard construction details, I may write a book on the subject if there is enough interest. Luis Ayala, Retired Architect (Florida & Alabama)
Why buy a book you can download for free? We print this book so you don’t have to.
First you gotta find a good clean (legible) copy and make sure it’s the latest version (not always easy). Some documents found on the web are missing some pages or the image quality is so poor, they are difficult to read. We look over each document carefully and replace poor quality images by going back to the original source document. We proof each document to make sure it’s all there – including all changes. If you find a good copy, you could print it using a network printer you share with 100 other people (typically its either out of paper or toner). If it’s just a 10-page document, no problem, but if it’s 250-pages, you will need to punch 3 holes in all those pages and put it in a 3-ring binder. Takes at least an hour.
It’s much more cost-effective to just order the latest version from Amazon.com
Other books we print
FEMA Local Officials Guide for Coastal Construction – FEMA P-762 / February 2009
FEMA Incident Management Handbook
FEMA Home Builder’s Guide to Construction in Wildfire Zones September 2008
FEMA Incident Action Planning Guide
FEMA Protecting Building Utility Systems from Flood Damage – FEMA P-348 / February 2017
Fourth National Climate Assessment - Volume I
Fourth National Climate Assessment – Volume II
Sea Level Rise Maps – U.S. East Coast – 2100
Sea Level Rise Maps – U.S. Gulf Coast – 2040-2100
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Revaluation Books
Exeter, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since January 6, 2003
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Exeter, United Kingdom EX3 0PP
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