Hurricane-Proofing a Louisiana Home – Today’s Homeowner

This week, we’re serving to a Louisiana household get their household again in form right after Hurricane Zeta triggered some important destruction. We’re also receiving their home ready for the 2021 hurricane time.

The house belongs to David and Ruby LeBlanc of Reduce Off, Louisiana.

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Changing the Mismatched Roof

The very first project is replacing the roof. David and Ruby did their reasonable share of exploration and selected the ideal roof for their house from the Metal Roofing Alliance.

When the roofers arrive, they start doing work by trim all around the eaves and setting up underlayment over the old shingles to put together for the installation of the new metallic roof.

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Setting up New French Doors

Then it’s time for me and David to change the previous French doors with new ones.

The outdated French doors had been damaged in the last hurricane as the seal all over the glass body was compromised, enabling humidity in between the glass panes. 

We start out by eliminating the trim all-around the doorway and then getting rid of the old doorways. When the new French doors are set up, we adequately insulate the house around the doorway and end it out by sealing in the new doorways.

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Building Storm Panels for the Windows

To build the reusable storm panels, we start out by measuring the windows they will cover.

Following, we lower 50 percent-inch plywood to measurement and drill quarter-inch mounting holes into the four corners of every panel and midway throughout the longest span.

To decrease any warping, we are also painting these panels. When they are dry, we place them in position quickly so we can mark the area of the mounting holes on the window trim.

At each of these marks, we drill a fifty percent-inch diameter hole. This is so we can set up the flush-mount threaded fastener anchors.

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Finish the Landscaping

There’s one particular extra project to tackle for this couple. Soon after Hurricane Zeta rolled as a result of, the LeBlancs’ landscape was wrecked.

To carry some lifetime again into the entrance property, we replaced their crape myrtle trees. 

Now, this home down by the bayou is stunning and safeguarded from any storms that may perhaps occur its way. 

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