Hurricane-Proofing a Louisiana Home – Today’s Homeowner

This week, we’re serving to a Louisiana household get their dwelling again in form after Hurricane Zeta triggered some main harm. We’re additionally getting their dwelling ready for the 2021 hurricane season.

The home belongs to David and Ruby LeBlanc of Minimize Off, Louisiana.

Changing the Mismatched Roof

The primary venture is changing the roof. David and Ruby did their justifiable share of analysis and selected the right roof for his or her dwelling from the Steel Roofing Alliance.

When the roofers arrive, they begin working by trim across the eaves and putting in underlayment over the outdated shingles to arrange for the set up of the brand new steel roof.

Putting in New French Doorways

Then it’s time for me and David to exchange the outdated French doorways with new ones.

The outdated French doorways have been broken within the final hurricane because the seal across the glass body was compromised, permitting humidity between the glass panes. 

We begin by eradicating the trim across the door after which eradicating the outdated doorways. As soon as the brand new French doorways are put in, we correctly insulate the area across the door and end it out by sealing within the new doorways.

Creating Storm Panels for the Home windows

To create the reusable storm panels, we begin by measuring the home windows they may cowl.

Subsequent, we reduce half-inch plywood to dimension and drill quarter-inch mounting holes into the 4 corners of every panel and halfway throughout the longest span.

To cut back any warping, we’re additionally portray these panels. As soon as they’re dry, we put them in place briefly so we will mark the situation of the mounting holes on the window trim.

At every of those marks, we drill a half-inch diameter gap. That is so we will set up the flush-mount threaded fastener anchors.

End the Landscaping

There’s yet one more venture to deal with for this couple. After Hurricane Zeta rolled by way of, the LeBlancs’ panorama was destroyed.

To deliver some life again into the entrance yard, we changed their crape myrtle timber. 

Now, this dwelling down by the bayou is gorgeous and shielded from any storms which will come its manner. 

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