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Pine Island ( Pineland )Steel Building 1 Block from the wood frame home

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Originally Posted by pslOldTimer

On new wood frame houses, there is no better option (in my opinion) than HardiPlank. It's warrantied for 50 years, will probably last forever, takes paint beauitfully, and looks like real wood lap siding at close inspection.

I agree with that. As far as I know, termites don't like it, either.

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Andrew 1992 Block with tie beam if you look at the picture you can see the rebar in the concrete

[Marn]

Wow, didn't know that about concrete. Thank you.
Does anyone know of a natural dehumidifier - like a container of minerals or salt rocks or something to absorb water in the air?
I'm considering moving to the central east coast, and want to lower the humidity and lessen the work of an electric dehumidifier, which I know I'll have to have.

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Originally Posted by Marn

Wow, didn't know that about concrete. Thank you.
Does anyone know of a natural dehumidifier - like a container of minerals or salt rocks or something to absorb water in the air?
I'm considering moving to the central east coast, and want to lower the humidity and lessen the work of an electric dehumidifier, which I know I'll have to have.

Your A/C unit is a dehumidifer.

[tallrick]

What people do not realize is that buildings with poured concrete roofs never fail in a hurricane. Any building with a wood or steel truss roof is vulnerable. My technique was to build everything, including the interior walls with concrete or block. Floors are polished concrete (terrazzo) Kitchen cabinets are steel and the countertop is concrete. I left my windows open once , and since they are casement style, water went everywhere. When it dried there was absolutely no damage. In fact, every few years I do a complete floor cleaning and polish and use a hose in the house to rinse the floor.

One inch steel rods come up from the footers, through poured columns and to the roof. Rods also go through the interior block walls. I used to work in demolition, and poured concrete really worked your machinery while wood frame was so easy to knock down. What is the National Hurricane Center made of, wood frame? I think not.