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Home Hardening Images

A small, green house with a front porch and fallen leaves on the ground.
This house is one of these handfuls that survived the Camp Fire in Paradise- it had recently upgraded roof and vents, and no plants growing next to house.
A house with large windows, surrounded by trees and a rocky pathway in the garden.
Pleasant Valley home with first 5 feet cleared of vegetation.
A misaligned fence gate not properly closing at the bottom.
Fine mesh installed under low deck, to prevent entrance of leaves and needles.
Wall with T1-11 siding, fiber cement, Z and metal flashing above brick; electrical outlet visible.
Instead of completely residing a house with noncombustible siding, the bottom 2 feet can be replaced instead, such as for this Pleasant Valley house.
House under construction with exposed rafters, insulation, and house wrap displaying "TY" with trees in the background.
In progress: Open eave being prepared to close in the soffit. Thin fiber cement imade for soffitsi will then be screwed onto the new under eave framing.
A yellow building corner with a tree branch and blue sky in the background.
After: Soffit is now enclosed and fiber cement has been placed over old combustible siding on the wall.
A house with a garden on the side, a narrow pathway, and trees in the background.
Diamond Springs home with no vegetation in first 5 feet, and 6 inches noncombustible at bottom of wall.
House on a slope with elevated wooden supports, dirt ground, trees, and a driveway or path.
Home hardening does not have to be expensive. Keeping the area under a deck completely clear of anything combustible is very effective at reducing risk. Diamond Springs home
A close-up of a gutter with a wire mesh at a roof corner.
Gaps can develop at various places at roof edge, exposing underlying wood sheathing to embers and ignition. Caulk or flashing can be used to cover any such gaps > 1/8"
A person installing a vent cover on a wall, showing before and after views.
Flame and ember resistant vent being installed after old 1/4" vent was removed. Can also be placed on top of old vent.
Building foundation with Tyvek wrap, metal edging, and concrete base.
Flashing covering bottom of old wood siding, where fiber-cement siding is being added on top (right side) Such flashing gives a noncombustible bottom wall edge where embers can pile up. Consult a contractor to prevent water issues.
A drill secures a mesh guard to a rooftop gutter.
Installing gutter guards. Sturdy metal micromesh guards like this are best, and keep both leaves and pine needles out.
Two images showing a house patio before and after renovation with added stone columns and a hose.
Example of a noncombustible patio replacing an earlier low wooden deck Also walls are now fihercement
Wooden deck with a railing, person walking on it, and a house in the background.
Fine-size metal screening (1/8 inch or less) installed over underside of decks that are less than 4 feet high. Prevents ember and debris accumulating and lighting the deck on fire from below.
A person adjusting a vent on the side of a house, under the eaves.
Working to install fine mesh over irregular sized gable vent.
A green door with a brick border, concrete ground, and fallen leaves scattered around.
Brick veneer over wood siding to give wall a noncombustible base, at inside corner where embers often accumulate. 2' Metal flashing over bottom of door serves the same purpose (painted to match door).
A person working on plumbing near a porch, with tools and equipment on the ground.
A house half on fire, with flames engulfing the left side while the right side remains untouched.
A house corner with a porch railing looking towards a blue sky and trees.
A metal mesh vent installed on a textured, white wooden surface.
A roof with shingles and a gutter covered with fallen leaves and debris under a sunny sky.
A small, green house with a front porch and fallen leaves on the ground.
A house with large windows, surrounded by trees and a rocky pathway in the garden.
A misaligned fence gate not properly closing at the bottom.
Wall with T1-11 siding, fiber cement, Z and metal flashing above brick; electrical outlet visible.
House under construction with exposed rafters, insulation, and house wrap displaying "TY" with trees in the background.
A yellow building corner with a tree branch and blue sky in the background.
A house with a garden on the side, a narrow pathway, and trees in the background.
House on a slope with elevated wooden supports, dirt ground, trees, and a driveway or path.
A close-up of a gutter with a wire mesh at a roof corner.
A person installing a vent cover on a wall, showing before and after views.
Building foundation with Tyvek wrap, metal edging, and concrete base.
A drill secures a mesh guard to a rooftop gutter.
Two images showing a house patio before and after renovation with added stone columns and a hose.
Wooden deck with a railing, person walking on it, and a house in the background.
A person adjusting a vent on the side of a house, under the eaves.
A green door with a brick border, concrete ground, and fallen leaves scattered around.
A person working on plumbing near a porch, with tools and equipment on the ground.
A house half on fire, with flames engulfing the left side while the right side remains untouched.
A house corner with a porch railing looking towards a blue sky and trees.
A metal mesh vent installed on a textured, white wooden surface.
A roof with shingles and a gutter covered with fallen leaves and debris under a sunny sky.
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