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California’s WUI code is a decent start. Rather unintuitively, the first thing to do isn’t to worry about combustible exterior materials — it’s to worry about
by amluto 3y ago
California’s WUI code is a decent start.
Rather unintuitively, the first thing to do isn’t to worry about combustible exterior materials — it’s to worry about vents and anything else that lets embers in.
- gdubs 3y agoAs someone who lives in the PNW and has to be aware of fire, I've recommended (and implemented) a lot of the advice outlined here: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/built-to-burn/ https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/built-to-burn/
- jjeaff 3y agoya, in socal, many of the homes that burn during an event, that aren't right in the path of a major fire, get embers into an exterior vent or they leave the garage door open, or they have a clay tile roof where embers are able to get under the tiles and ignite the wood underneath.