Homemaking & Horticulture

Whether you are building your own home as a new build, or you are thinking about renovating and upgrading your existing home, making sure that it is as resistant to weather as possible is a hugely important thing to focus on. The more successfully you achieve this, the more likely it is that you are going to be able to withstand the test of time with your home, and you will feel safer when you are living inside its walls too. In this post, we’ll take a look at some of the most effective ways in which you can make your home more resistant to all kinds of weather. As long as you do some of the following, you should find that this leads to a much safer, more secure home.

If you are particularly concerned with flooding - perhaps because there happens to be a lot of it in your neck of the woods - then one way to avoid any trouble of that kind is to make your home amphibious. This is exactly what it sounds like - a home that is able to exist on land as well as in a few feet of water. Generally that means raising it up on stilts and having some kind of extra cladding or blacking procedure done on the lower portion of the house. It might seem like a lot of effort, but if you are building a new home in a flood-risk area, this is probably going to be a wise move to make.

Storms can be very damaging to most homes, even relatively low-level storms, so you are going to want to make sure that you are making your home as resistant to storms as possible. One of the most essential ways in which you have to do this is through the installation of storm windows, which are simply very strong windows which are designed with storms in mind. You need to make sure that they actually have the official classification of ‘storm window’, and you need to install them correctly for them to achieve anything in the case of a storm. But they are a fantastic solution if done right.

If you have a wide range of different types of weather where you live, then you are going to need to find a method that is suitable for all kinds of weather in one go. That can be hard to come across, but there are certain things which can prove very helpful on that front, and one of them is cladding. With some simple timber cladding on the outside of your home, you will find that your home is much more resistant to all kinds of weather, while also being resistant to rotting. This is a particularly cost-effective method which doesn’t worsen the look of the exterior of the home like some things can do, so it’s a powerful all-round option for you to consider.

If you live somewhere where a hurricane is a real possibility, then things are going to get even more serious, and most of the time you are going to need to install a metal roof. There might even be a limitation as to which roof types you can install in your area, if the risk of a hurricane is high enough. Even if there is no official guidance, metal roofs are definitely something you should think about in these kinds of situations, as they are very effective against storms of all kinds and levels of severity. When you have your metal roof installed, ensure that it is carried out by a professional. Otherwise, you can’t know whether it is truly going to be suitable or whether it will simply collapse at the next sign of a storm.

It’s not all about those huge changes, however - sometimes there are small things you can do around the home to improve the building’s ability to withstand weather. If you are concerned with storms, for instance, another thing you can do is to use caulk to ensure that your walls are more likely to withstand that kind of situation. In particular, you should caulk around the doors and windows before a storm, as this will stop water getting in when it is pushed against the walls by the wind. That avoids any water damage issues you may otherwise have had, so it is definitely something to consider.

All of those are going to be worth thinking about if you want to look after your home in all weathers.