Roofing
A roof's wildfire resilience depends on more than its covering. The whole assembly matters, including its edges, openings, transitions, and places where combustible debris can collect.
Design for survivability.
What happens when wildfire approaches your home?
Wildfire can reach your home through embers carried by the wind, flames spreading through nearby vegetation, or heat from something burning close by. What happens next depends on more than the materials your home is made of. Explore the details that matter, from the roof and walls to the structures, vegetation, and other conditions around your home.
Exterior Walls
A wall's wildfire resilience depends on its cladding, the materials behind it, and how the entire assembly is constructed. Gaps, openings, and transitions can allow embers and flame to reach vulnerable materials.
Windows & Doors
Heat and flame can damage windows and doors, while gaps around them can let embers into the building. How well they withstand wildfire exposure depends on how the glass, frames, seals, and other components work together.
Decks & Exterior Structures
Decks and other exterior structures can ignite, sustain fire, and expose the building to heat, flame, and embers. Resilience depends on how these structures are built, how they connect to the building, and how nearby structures affect its exposure.
Immediate Surroundings
Combustible materials near a building can ignite, carry fire toward the structure, and increase its exposure to heat and flame.
Extended Surroundings
Vegetation, terrain, and nearby structures can influence how fire spreads toward a building. Conditions on and beyond the property shape its potential exposure to heat, flame, and embers.
Which of these matters on your property?
Every home is different. These pages explain what to look for and why it matters, but they are not an assessment of your home or property. What makes sense for you depends on how your home was built, its condition, and what surrounds it. A Fire Resilience Strategy Call is an hour spent working that out for one specific building.
See the Fire Resilience Strategy Call