I remember being on Tortola and they were building a house nearby. It was up the hill 30 feet over the beach. They poured a slab with lots of rebar. Cinder block walls. Another floor of poured concrete with more rebar. More cinder block walls. Lastly a roof framed out of pressure treated pine lumber. The roof tiles were about 5/8” thick concrete. They said that they were rated up to 165 mph. The windows had galvanized steel hurricane shutters. They stuccoed the outside of the cinder blocks. The floors were all tile. If it got wet, you just squeegee it out and replace the furniture.
Why don't they build houses in Florida like this?
The reasons they don’t build homes like that in Florida is because the developers have bought off the politicians.
Metal Roofs are just as durable as shingled roofs and are significantly cheaper and easier to repair.
Significantly stronger building codes are one part of the remedy to Florida’s insurance issues.
The reasons they don’t build homes like that in Florida is because the developers have bought off the politicians.
Metal Roofs are just as durable as shingled roofs and are significantly cheaper and easier to repair.
Significantly stronger building codes are one part of the remedy to Florida’s insurance issues.