Above the flood : elevating your floodprone house

Above the flood Elevating your floodprone house

Book - 2000

In the repair and reconstruction efforts that followed Hurricane Andrew, owners of damaged houses had opportunities to modify their houses to protect them from future flood damage. One effective method of protecting a house from flooding is elevating the habitable areas of the house above the flood level. Almost all single-family homes in Miami-Dade County are constructed with reinforced masonry block walls on a slab-on-grade foundation. Houses of this type are the most difficult to elevate for flood protection. This publication describes how homeowners in Miami-Dade County elevated their damaged slab-on-grade masonry houses following the devastating effects of Hurricane Andrew.

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STORAGE/REF/DOC/FEMA/Flood/2000
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2nd Floor Page Station STORAGE/REF/DOC/FEMA/Flood/2000 Library Use Only
Subjects
National Flood Insurance Program (U.S.)
Flood damage prevention > United States.
House construction > Climatic factors > United States.
Dwellings > Remodeling.
Dwellings > Maintenance and repair.
Flood control > Maryland.
Flood control > United States.
Building, Stormproof > United States.
Architecture and climate > United States.
Published
[Washington, D.C.] : Federal Emergency Management Agency [2000]
Language
English
Item Description
"FEMA P-347 / May 2000"--Cover.
"Catalog No. 08190-1"--Back cover.
Cover title.
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm

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