Campaign: Innovative Models and Tools
Two-Story Cinder Block Houses
Many coastal Cinder Block houses are two stories of Cinder block, and cannot be raised and too costly to raze and rebuild with break-away walls. In A zones. making the bottom floor just garages and storage, and living above that and the Base flood elevation requirements should qualify for ICC and Hazard grants which it appears now is not the case. The bottom floor must have flood vents to equalize pressure on walls in ...more »