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You have a metal roof, why not do steel siding? We had it prior to a tornado and went with it again for rebuilding. Low maintenance, easy to clean and takes a lot more heat than stucco before it goes up.
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Didn't really want the house to look like a pole building.Originally Posted by jim
Like I said, if I could find some old barn metal, I'd be all over it.
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Strong men create good times
Good times create weak men
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Didn't really want the house to look like a pole building.
They don't look like pole barns. Mine looks like any other siding, only Metal. When i can stand up for a few, i'll snap a pic and post it.
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"when you're happy you enjoy the melody but, when you're broken you understand the lyrics".
The old rusty siding would sure be sweet. Look into closing the eves off too if yours are open, common ignition point.
The fire gel that you spray on is the real deal but it sure is spendy. Plus it has a reletively short shelf life (like 5 years if I remember correctly). Also you have to have time to apply it.
Mitigation and building construction will do you better than anything. Sounds like with a metal roof and yearly mitigation work you are on a pretty good Plan.
tear it down and start over,
you cannot afford the building materials that would be necessary to keep you house from burning in a forest fire the likes of which we have seen lately.
there isn't a paint or siding or any other coating that will save your home, there are photos of the all steel building that melted in these fires.
proper mitigation and good insurance is a better place to spend your money,
even if you home survives the fire it may have to be torn down anyway due to smoke damage
if it were as simple as coating the homes in something then everyone would do it.
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Best idea so far. I'll go home and do that tonight.
Kinda like polishing a turd...but I live in the turd.
Our local paper just put out a list for mitigation. It's based on a 30' ring around the house/outbuilding. I don't recall how close to the house trees could be but but trees are allowed within 30'. Limbing up to 10' (I limbed up to 16' and removed all branches overhanging roofs.). No bushes or grasses around the house.
I will have to go back and look again for details but the point is to remove potential fuels from around the structures.
I seem to remember a fire fighter using a foam around his property, during the Four Mile Fire. It worked, as a fire break too, but he stayed there to maintain it.
Micheal HoffHard times make strong men
Strong men create good times
Good times create weak men
Weak men create hard times
The fire gel/foam is the stuff that we bought just in case we get caught up in a wildfire. Stuff IS pricey but Fire Department said this gel/foam should work for us.
We have two of these units all ready to attach on to our two hoses:
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Now we just hope and pray that we never have any need for these things.
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jims house looks normal. id think it was vinyl if I didn't know better
the metal siding is .029 inches thick, it offers no significant increase in fire retardation.
the siding it self will melt at 2600 F. it will certainly pass enough heat through to the timber framing to ignite them at around 1100 F.,
the siding will not help you if exposed to the fire, zeroscaping around the home is your best defense.
Self control: The minds ability to override the body's urge to beat the living sh.. out of some ass.... who desperately deserves it.
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.
Thomas Jefferson
Obama, so full of crap it is a miracle Air Force One can even get off the ground,
What is the official recommendation for distance of trees from the buildings? Also, trees should be trimmed to have branches no more than what distance from ground level??
I do have a few trees that are pretty close to my garage.
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