Raised Flood-Proof House, Cusabo Island, South Carolina
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Raised Flood-Proof House
If your area
is prone to flooding, there are really only two options to save your
home: raise it, or allow it to float. The owners of one off-grid home on
Cusabo Island off the coast of South Carolina has chosen the
former approach, elevating it a full story off the ground so that
tsunamis or hurricane-induced flooding can pass beneath the structure,
leaving it intact. The pre-fabricated home was engineered to exceed
flood zone requirements by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) using helical foundations and a steel frame as well as steel
exterior wall and roof panels. This allows the 3,888-square-foot-home to
be fireproof and withstand 140mph winds.
