Home Hardening
Ember-Certified Contractors
Wildfires can reach your home in three ways: direct flames from a wildfire or burning neighboring home; radiant heat from nearby burning plants; and flying embers. During a wildfire, flying embers can destroy homes up to a mile away and are responsible for the destruction of most homes. Fill out the form to the right to get in touch with an Ember-Certified Contractor that can help you get your home ready for wildfires by hardening it now.
Ember Defense does not take a percentage of work completed by Ember-Certified Contractors to ensure homeowners get the lowest possible price.
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General Home Hardening Services
Evaluation for defensible space and home protection
Installation of the best wildfire defense products
Home Insurance Assessment
Vulcan Vents
Stop Embers in Their Tracks
Even when a wildfire is quite a distance away, burning embers can still find their way into homes through openings in the attic and underneath the house. Standard vents are not enough to protect the home from the danger posed by these traveling embers or direct flames. Vulcan Vents are designed to block embers, flames, and heat from getting in.
By stopping embers and fire from entering your attic and crawlspace, you significantly increase your chances of surviving a wildfire. Vulcan Vents become your home’s first line of defense from a fast-moving fire and embers that can burn the home from the inside out. Vulcan Vents can be installed on new construction and existing homes. There are also retrofit options that can be added on the outside of existing vents.
Firestorm Gutter Guards
Keep your gutters clear of kindling
We also suggest homeowners install Firestorm Gutter Guards. By guarding your gutters, you can keep the vulnerable areas on your roof’s edge and eaves clear of leaves and pine needles that act as kindling during a fire. Firestorm Gutter Guards are placed over your existing gutters to keep them from filling up with flammable debris.
The Firestorm brand is the most trusted guard in the industry due to the all-metal construction. Plastic and foam gutter guards can warp, crack, melt, and can even ignite during a fire. Because Valor Gutter Guards are made from stainless steel, they provide more than gutter protection. They are also a fire-resistant feature for your home. Not having to clean your gutters is a real bonus as well.
Defensible Space
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Eliminating ladder fuels, wicking fuels, fire-prone vegetation (some plants are more fire-prone than others), and being conscious of flammable debris, woodpiles, patio furniture, and other combustible fuels is critical in hardening your property. The area from the fence-line to the house is commonly called defensible space. Embers spread the fire quickly and when they land around your home, they can ignite ideal fuel sources such as flammable items kept around the home, bushes, dry leaves, and pine needles.
Keep your home clear of combustion
Your home should be evaluated to ensure there is adequate defensible space. The first five feet around your home are critical. Clear spacing will deter flames from moving horizontally and vertically from the ground to bushes and trees to get to the building. There are also certain types of vegetation to avoid while landscaping.
Highly combustible plants include:
Plants and bushes with oily, fragrant leaves
Trees and bushes with needles or thin leaves
Trees and plants with waxy or fuzzy leaves
Trees with papery bark
Living in High-Risk Fire Areas Just Got Safer
Home Hardening Works
There have been countless stories of homes staying standing due to wildfire home hardening updates.
Insurance Breaks are Coming
Insurance companies are now providing discounts to homeowners that make home hardening updates on their properties.
Communities Save Communities
A home-hardened community helps to stop rapid fire spread from home to home. When embers are extinguished where they land, less homes will burn.
Get Your Home Evaluated
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