Can your home, property withstand a natural catastrophe?

[Seamajor]

Earth quakes, floods, hurricanes, tornados? Do you worry about it?

 

[Dove]

Oh hell no.

My house can barely handle winter LOL

 

[Carignan]

1. Naw
2. No
3. Nope
If it kills me.. it was meant to be. If I were sleeping as it happens.. it was all a dream. If awake and see it coming supreme thrill of a lifetime. Life has always been good even in the worst of times. The end.

 

[Seamajor]

In 2012 there was a 7.6 magnitude earth quake here. I thought it was the end. I was consulting on the small hotel project. The workers freaked out. I raced home expecting the worse. 1/4 of the water sloshed out of my pool.the house was fine. Since then I’ve re enforced a few things, just in case. Wood framed structures in Florida are accidents waiting to happen.

 

[Seamajor]

1. Naw
2. No
3. Nope
If it kills me.. it was meant to be. If I were sleeping as it happens.. it was all a dream. If awake and see it coming supreme thrill of a lifetime. Life has always been good even in the worst of times. The end.

Reality can be such a fucker. Remember the Boy Scout motto?

 

[Seamajor]

Weather related damage can be as bad as any earth quake

 

[Swamp-Duck]

My house is early Victorian , it would deffo collapse, poor old bugger lol.

 

[Oerdin]

The only natural disaster likely to occur in my area is an earthquake and the building code has been quite strict since at least the 1930's.

 

[Biggie Smiles]

Would the straw and mud huts in Costa Rica survive a Cat 5 ?

I doubt that.

 

[Alticus]

My home wouldn't fair well against any natural disaster.

 

[Seamajor]

Actually Stumpy my home is built of concrete, concrete black rebar, a Mexican tile roof. Tile floors throughout. We don’t get hurricanes, and it’s survived a 7.6 quake. A rather beautiful home and gardens.

 

[Seamajor]

The only natural disaster likely to occur in my area is an earthquake and the building code has been quite strict since at least the 1930's.

Codes in California are very strict, related to earthquakes

 

[Omnipotent]

Earth quakes, floods, hurricanes, tornados? Do you worry about it?

Yes... in an earthquake the walls will crack but not much.

 

[Weeg]

house probably not but the CAVE can!

 

[Biggie Smiles]

My 4300sq ft home is constructed of brick and rebar. It will withstand almost anything short of a full earthquake or other extreme disaster

the Gazebo which encloses the 8 person spa, the pool area and probably the roof might not do as well under a cat 4 and above storm though.

But that's why I pay 5000.00 on my property insurance

 

[Seamajor]

My 4300sq ft home is constructed of brick and rebar. It will withstand almost anything short of a full earthquake or other extreme disaster

the Gazebo which encloses the 8 person spa, the pool area and probably the roof might not do as well under a cat 4 and above storm though.

But that's why I pay 5000.00 on my property insurance

Love to see a photo. Naturally home owners insurance is high in FloriDUH

 

[Seamajor]

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More than likely the bricks you speak of are not re enforced like concretely block. Probably used as a facade to wood framing. As you can see there is ample space in block for rebar and concrete, which ties the structure together. The corners are super important. It is also important that each course is staggered, adding to the strength

 

[Seamajor]

My 4300sq ft home is constructed of brick and rebar. It will withstand almost anything short of a full earthquake or other extreme disaster

the Gazebo which encloses the 8 person spa, the pool area and probably the roof might not do as well under a cat 4 and above storm though.

But that's why I pay 5000.00 on my property insurance

No photo Stumpy? You seem to be confused about the usage of Brick vs Block.