How to make your home disaster resilient

Ad ents in oonstruc and design mean that if the "Wizard of Of was set n 2016, chances are rothy may not have left Kansas t ail, Disaster-resiient homes made sth the latest bu Icing technology are ow more capable of withstanding tornadoes, hurricanes and fires.

A huge step forward is to replace the traditional wood framing of your house with what we call ICFs- insulated concrete forms," says Kevin Rector at Nudura. a leading name in the technology.

With insulated concrete wall systems, you can be sure that your home will endure some of Mother Nature's worst. Their ability to provide greater impact-resistance comes from the stree-reinforced sold concrete core. When compared to traditional wood frame wall that offer only soft batt insulation and a wood frame, the strength and safety you get with insulated concrete wall systems as far superior.

"Our advanced designed combines two panels of thick (EPS) foam with the structural strength and thermal mass of concrete," Rector explains." The resulting envelovep immediately gives you house hurricane wind-resistance up to 250 miles per hour."

Insulatedconcrete wall system have proven resilent in real-life situations in 2004, an ICF home featuring of this technology survived the storms in Florida when other homes in the neighborhood built with woods did not.

ICFs are also fire-resistant, with a non-toxic fire retardant expanded polystyrene foam ensuring maximum safety and offering a fire protection reting up to four hours.

Importantly, homes built with this concrete system are also more environmentally friendly, can be built faster and reduce emergy bills.

If you want your builder to use ICFs, be sure to discuss it early in the plans, Find more information online at nudura.com