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BY GREEN BUILDER STAFF systems, the other applying standards developed
IRE-RESISTANT HOMES can be built by the ICC —the International Wildland-Urban
for slightly less than comparable, Interface Code.
typical construction, according to recent Critical to that Code are the use of fire-resistant
research Headwaters Economics and roofing such as standing seam metal, along with
F the Insurance Institute for Business fire-resistant vents, gutters and doors and windows.
& Home Safety. And a key component of that Taken together, these fire upgrades added about
construction is a metal roof. $11,000 to the cost of the home.
The researchers used a 2,500-sq. ft. Montana However, by switching from cedar plank siding
home as their prototype for the research. They to fiber cement siding, the researchers were able
compared two different approaches to building the to balance the cost with a conventional home, and
same home, one using conventional materials and make up all of that additional cost in savings.
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