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Patti and Jay's Quest for a Hurricane-Proof
Home:
The Golden's
Dac-Art residence is finally under way! Patti and Jay Golden lost
their beachfront home in Biloxi, Mississippi when hurricane Katrina
made landfall on the Mississippi gulf coast. Their home was three
bricks thick, 90 years old, and over two stories tall. The home was
seemingly indestructible, but it was nothing more than a pile of
bricks in the wake of Katrina. We always believed that building
a house out of bricks on a solid foundation is the best way
to build a house. After seeing what happened to the
previous home, we now know that bricks don't even hold up to
major storms. Jay and Patti decided that they were never going to
take another chance with a storm. They researched every
option available on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and decided that
Dac-Art is definitely the best solution. Dac-Art provides
both strength and beauty. Dac-Art blocks are precast concrete
blocks. The Dac-Art method builds homes that are over
14" (up to 36") of solid concrete and rebar. The finished look
is similar to an Italian stone structure. They are hoping to make
the home as economical as possible. The thermal mass and r value of
the home help create an economical home, but they are also going with a
Geothermal Air Conditioner with a closed loop system. (WARNING!!! update : The Water Furnace Geothermal A/C was a disaster. The company refuses to assist us in correcting the issues with the system. The units are both lemon's and have not worked correctly since the day they were installed - WARNING!!!)
Click to view
picture of their home before Hurricane
Katrina
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