Strengthening homes with wind resilience measures is essential as extreme weather events become more frequent. By upgrading your home with wind resilience retrofits and simple DIY tips, homeowners can significantly reduce the risk of wind-related damage. These proactive steps not only protect property and lives but also lower repair costs and insurance premiums over time, while helping you stay safe at home through stormy weather.
Benefits of wind resilience
- Protects your property: Prevents structural damage caused by high winds.
- Keeps your family safe: Provides shelter during extreme weather events.
- Reduces costly repairs: Minimizes damage before it occurs.
- Lowers insurance premiums: Rewards proactive protection measures.
- Improves home durability: Strengthens your house for long-term stability.
- Boosts energy efficiency: Seals gaps and reinforces vulnerable areas.
- Increases resale value: Makes your home more attractive to buyers.
- Supports community resilience: Reduces pressure on shared infrastructure.
Durham Greener Homes services for wind resilience
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To help you better understand what may be the most effective green retrofits for you and your home, Durham Region residents can talk to a Greener Homes Coach — who will answer any questions you may have, and guide you through both the incentive process and the many retrofit options available.
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Weather-ready Home Assessment
A Weather-ready Home Assessment is a free and comprehensive evaluation of your home’s readiness for extreme weather events including extreme heat and cold, flooding, and windstorms. This assessment identifies potential vulnerabilities in your home’s landscaping, building-envelope, and critical systems.
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Wind resilience: Storms wait for no one — be prepared!
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- Follow simple do-it-yourself (DIY) tips for cost-effective ways to make your home more wind resilient.
- Implement wind resilience retrofits to limit your risk to extreme weather and high winds.
- The Home Resiliency Checklist is a practical self-assessment tool that helps homeowners evaluate their property’s resilience to extreme weather.
- Secure outdoor items by bringing inside or tying down anything that could become airborne.
- Prepare an emergency kit with essentials like water, food, flashlights, batteries, first aid, and important papers.
- Learn how to turn off utilities such as gas, electricity, and water.
- Stay inside and move to an interior room away from windows.
- Use battery-powered lights rather than candles to reduce fire risk.
- Follow weather alerts through a radio or phone.
- After the storm inspect your home for damage, gas leaks, or structural concerns and take photos.
- Keep clear of any downed power lines and report them.
Wind resilience resources
Be prepared: Get started on your path to a greener, more energy-efficient, and weather-ready home today.
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