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Old 10-20-2016, 10:31 PM
 
Location: Jacksonville, FL (Mandarin)
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Does that mean you step down into your shower? ("recessed into concrete slab")
Yeah, that's what ours does. Maybe a 2-3" step down.
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Old 10-20-2016, 10:32 PM
 
Location: Jacksonville, FL (Mandarin)
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Did your builder use steel rods that were set into the foundation and connected into the roof structure? These rods supposedly improve the integrity of the structure of our home, which should help in a hurricane.
I think that's code, now. Been that way for a while.
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Old 10-21-2016, 06:23 AM
 
Location: Ponte Vedra Beach FL
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It must be a builder specific thing. Our home is four (4) steps above the sidewalk level which is in turn above the street level. Out of curiosity, I measured the floor of our house in relationship to the street level. It sits three feet six inches above street level. It would be very hard to "puddle" water under our door which is a step up from the porch (the porch is four steps above the sidewalk). Fortunately, we were watertight during Matthew.
Our windows are watertight. I know that because I can shoot a hose at them when I'm washing them and they don't leak. Our sliding glass doors (we have 3) and front door - both raised above floor level and not directly exposed to the elements - I have to be a little more careful. More like a gentle shower than a fire hose when I'm washing them. Otherwise some water can seep under the bottom. That's ok by me. I'm not sure I want a house that's 100% airtight because of radon buildup.

I'm not sure how watertight anything is when your house is surrounded by 2-3-4+ feet of water of surging water. I've seen a video of what happened in our neighborhood during the storm. Cripes.

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We have that feature [step-down shower] as well. We like it.
I like it too. I guess at some point - if we age in place and get feeble enough - we might need some kind of ramp. But we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.

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Did your builder use steel rods that were set into the foundation and connected into the roof structure? These rods supposedly improve the integrity of the structure of our home, which should help in a hurricane.
If I recall correctly (it's been a while) - the steel rods (rebar) were set into the base of the stem wall (which I guess is part of the foundation) - and then run through our block walls and connected to the roof. I think that was perhaps part of the building code here when we built (1995-96) - but am not sure. I do know that it was part of the Miami/Dade County code then - and we built our house to that code. The codes here in SJC were - in general - pretty laughable in 1995. Wind code was 95 mph - even out here at the beaches (our house was engineered to 125 mph). Robyn
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Old 10-21-2016, 06:24 AM
 
Location: Ponte Vedra Beach FL
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Does that mean you step down into your shower? ("recessed into concrete slab")
Yes it does. Robyn
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Old 10-21-2016, 12:18 PM
 
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I'm not sure how watertight anything is when your house is surrounded by 2-3-4+ feet of water of surging water. I've seen a video of what happened in our neighborhood during the storm. Cripes. Robyn
No doubt. If I lived on the barrier island I would be concerned about flooding even with a well built foundation. If I lived on the ICW or beach, I would build my house on piers like they do in the Keys. Fortunately, sitting at 30 plus feet in Nocatee with modern drainage infrastructure provides some piece of mind.
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