When building your waterfront dream home in Florida, Bartlett Custom Homes prioritizes safety and precautionary measures that exceed the industry guidelines and standards. We ensure specifications and provisions are thought-through and met with confidence and protections are in place throughout the entirety of the building process. The construction of a new home in Florida needs to be with a true professional who can identify challenges and implement all necessary preventative protection. Our masterfully built homes always have vital key underlying structural factors, and safeguard features to ensure long-term stability. 

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Flood Protection and Elevation
Flood protection must be in place when building near rising water levels and known flood zones for structural purposes as well as potential impacts on property access and the natural landscape. Elevated creations built by Bartlett Custom Homes are architectural powerhouses as they assure the homeowner’s peace of mind during any weather-related disasters. Our knowledge and expert design of lifting the home above the base flood elevation (BFE) in a flood-prone area is crucial. Building twelve feet above sea level, significantly reduces the risk of flooding in coastal or low-lying areas and provides a buffer against potentially high-water tables. 

 

There are protective strategies that are essential for your waterfront home and decrease the risk of flood damage to your assets and property. FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) recommends elevating homes at least one foot above the BFE, so raising your home's first floor above the BFE is a necessary protective measure. Also, dry floodproofing involves making a watertight structure to prevent floodwater from entering and damaging the interior of your home. We take these methods to the ultimate extent by using materials that are resistant to flood damage, positioning utilities at a higher level to avoid harm and verify proper drainage is away from your home to block water from pooling and entering. 

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Structural Strength and Storm-Resistant Features
The structural integrity of your home is what sets Bartlett Custom Homes aside from other builders. We build storm-resistant homes with fundamental constructions such as reinforced foundations, structural connections, impact-resistant windows and doors, metal roofing, and moisture resistant materials. The strength and durability of our homes begins with the foundation. A reinforced concrete foundation is necessary for withstanding varies external impacts such as hurricane winds and potential flooding. In addition to reinforced foundations, we use the GO-BOLT building system. This method is for connecting the top and bottom of a building's frame using bolts, eliminating the need for straps and clips. Stronger footings and securely imperative connections are components that prevent damage from intense winds and wreckage. 

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Exterior protection, tailored for your living space, includes hurricane windows as another needed safety assurance. Their premium quality and superior performance decrease the risk of catastrophic destruction, is energy-efficient, offers further security and diminishes noise reduction. Bartlett Custom Homes uses impact-resistant PGT windows and doors, engineered to withstand high winds, torrential rain and flying debris. In addition to their storm-resistant capabilities by preventing shattering breakage, they help reduce energy consumption and noise reduction. Their special coating adds strength, helps block harmful UV rays, regulates the cool and warm air in and out take, lowering energy bills and their thicker glass dulls outside sounds. These impact-resistant PGT windows are like armored guards from external elements.

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Another first line defense is metal roofing. Metal roofs can withstand higher winds than most traditional roofs. Their critical stand-out features in hurricane-prone areas are their high durability, providing longer life, requiring less frequent replacement or repair, resistance to wind speed and standing strong against damaging objects.​

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External securities also encompass the usage of innovative moisture resistant materials which are pivotal in the construction of a Bartlett Custom Home. Fiber cement siding is an example of an exterior guard used as well as building sealants to prevent moisture infiltration and water management practices by utilizing high-quality waterproofing membrane in the foundation and walls to prevent water intrusion. Each moisture resistant material possesses unique properties and applications to warrant a longer lifespan, increased protection, and stronger defenses.

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Safety Enhancements
A Bartlett Custom Home makes certain of prioritizing safety features and enhancements. Fire and electrical safety cover a multitude of factors including air-sealing making it more difficult for smoke and fire to spread, installing hard-wired, interconnected smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, fire-resistant building materials, fire-rated doors and windows and the installation of fire extinguishers. Electrical safety, safeguarding circuit breakers are properly sized, and wiring is adequate to comply with its electrical demands. Added precautionary enhancements are security systems, dead-bolt locks, motion sensor lights and proper ventilation. By mandatory incorporating these preventative securities and upgrades in each of our homes guarantee immeasurable comfort and value.

 

Insurance Benefits
There are also monetary benefits that can extend through savings in your insurance policy. Insurance companies often recognize the structural and storm-resistant features and the added protections and as a result, you may qualify for lower homeowners' insurance premiums. Elevation certificates, which are documents that reflect the building's height relative to sea level, are essential for insurance companies to accurately assess flood risk, which building twelve feet above sea level can also prove an advantage to impact flood insurance rates, and potentially lowering premiums. 

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When designing and building a Bartlett Custom Home we seamlessly blend elegance, modernization, innovation, and security. The complexity of all these protection, structural and safety systems proves that Bartlett Custom Homes skilled building techniques exceed Florida’s construction requirements and codes and guarantees a more efficient storm-resistant home.