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To: CindyDawg
How do you wind proof a house on stilts?. I would think it would be at a higher risk of wind damage.

Multiple issues here. First, the greatest danger to any house from wind is roof failure from lifting off of the house. After that, the rest of the house collapses pretty easily. Hurrican clips tie the roof down and help prevent failure there.

Second, a house on stilts would generate some kind of lift from air passing over the roof and under the house, just like a wing. This is probably the greatest danger from wind. Best way to fix that is to disrupt laminar flow over the house. Chimneys and other protrusions can take care of that on the roof, and lattice across the legs can help underneath.

By far, though, the greatest danger to any structure that is not a mobile home is still from flooding, and not wind.

...but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express

520 posted on 09/19/2005 8:05:34 AM PDT by SlowBoat407 (The best things happen just before the thread snaps.)
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To: SlowBoat407

:') I was wondering how you would keep the air from lifting it off the pillars. Around here many have garages underneath.


529 posted on 09/19/2005 8:08:55 AM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: SlowBoat407
This is probably the greatest danger from wind. correct to say "This is probably not the greatest danger to a house from wind"
530 posted on 09/19/2005 8:08:59 AM PDT by SlowBoat407 (The best things happen just before the thread snaps.)
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