Coastal Regions Benefit From Metal Framed Construction.
All steel homes are constructed by bolting together the framed structure. Designing with roofing styles that provide the strongest cross bracing, and using engineering criteria for high wind loads, your new home can resist storm winds up to 180 miles per hour.
Typical wood construction allows significant movement of the rafters, causing nails to pull loose. Even with the rafters strapped to the frame to meet new building codes in hurricane areas, the roofing and decking materials are still only held with nails. The largest cause of damage in a hurricane is from losing the roof and the subsequent damage from wind and rain invading the roofless home.
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