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Raise the floor.(ViewPoint: News+Notes)
FEMA guidelines released in April recommend that houses in New Orleans be built at least three feet off the ground. It was a contentious decision. Some criticized it as being cost-prohibitive, while others pointed out that flood waters reached much higher than that during Katrina.
Steve Bean, vice president of marketing for the Southern Pine Council. responded to both of those criticisms. He says that houses built using raised floor techniques--similar to the ones shown below in this house in Dallas--only ...
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