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  2. 6 Super Cheap and Effective Ways to Weatherproof Your Home - AOL

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    6 Super Cheap and Effective Ways to Weatherproof Your Home. Sam DiSalvo. January 14, 2022 at 5:23 PM. BanksPhotos / Getty Images.

  3. Weatherization - Wikipedia

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    A weatherized building is protected from the outside elements in order to maximize energy efficiency. Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station. Weatherization (American English) or weatherproofing (British English) is the practice of protecting a building and its interior from the elements, particularly from sunlight, precipitation, and wind, and of modifying a building to reduce energy consumption ...

  4. Hurricane-proof building - Wikipedia

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    Interlocking metal pan roof systems installed on mobile homes can fail under the pressure differential (lift) created by the high-velocity winds passing over the surface plane of the roof. This is compounded by the wind entering the building allowing the building interior to pressurize, lifting the underside of the roof panels, resulting in the ...

  5. Florida Building Code - Wikipedia

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    Miami-Dade County was the first in Florida to certify hurricane-resistant standards for structures which the Florida Building Code subsequently enacted across all requirements for hurricane-resistant buildings. Many other states reference the requirements set in the Florida Building codes, or have developed their own requirements for hurricanes ...

  6. Florida Keys leaders, facing a potential building boom, seek ...

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  7. Carlisle Companies - Wikipedia

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    Carlisle Companies Incorporated is a supplier of construction products that make buildings more energy efficient and resilient. The company manufactures and sells single-ply roofing products as well as warranted systems and accessories for the commercial building industry.

  8. High winds knocked power out for hours in the Florida Keys ...

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    Keys Energy Services, the energy company of the Lower Keys, said the 5:30 a.m. outage originated in the Upper Keys, within the Florida Keys Electric Cooperative Association’s service area.

  9. Conch house - Wikipedia

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    The conch house, like other Florida vernacular architecture styles, is built of wood, and set on posts or piers, which allows air to circulate under the floor.Conch houses are rectangular, of one or two floors, and usually have a porch across the full width of the front of the house (both floors if the house has two floors).