How to prevent wild fires.

[Piotrsko]

Part of the LA disaster is caused by growing very flammable things near to or against against the house. A juniper flames the same rate as a hlowtorch and unless you constantly remove the icky dead center is easy to light. Second place is to remove the cheepo cellulose insulation in the attic, install fire rated vent screens and stucco the outside or re do it in Mansfield cement siding. Loose the cedar shingle roof. Loose the 50 year old asphaltic roofing. There are examples of solitary houses all over this fiasco that didn't burn

[oil pan 4]

Originally Posted by Piotrsko

Part of the LA disaster is caused by growing very flammable things near to or against against the house. A juniper flames the same rate as a hlowtorch and unless you constantly remove the icky dead center is easy to light. Second place is to remove the cheepo cellulose insulation in the attic, install fire rated vent screens and stucco the outside or re do it in Mansfield cement siding. Loose the cedar shingle roof. Loose the 50 year old asphaltic roofing. There are examples of solitary houses all over this fiasco that didn't burn

Yeah juniper burns almost like my "Petro logs" which is firewood that has been soaked in used motor oil for a day and left to sit for several days to several weeks.

[Isaac Zachary]

My dream house would be made of ACC blocks (a type of concrete block if you didn't already know) with mineral wool panels on the outside clad with cement board siding. If possible, I'd also go with a concrete roof. Add some mineral wool lined exterior window shutters and the house would be virtually fire proof, water proof, better at survivng earthquakes (at least the walls, maybe I should go with a wood truss roof) and have an excellent insulation R value and thermal mass.

[freebeard]

You'd think there would be a market for that. People are inclined to put back what was there instead of doing better. Else (worse yet) it's the demolition phase of the new 15-minute cities.

I'd say hemispherical shape without overhangs or protrusions so burning embers blow around it instead of being caught. Like the Aerocivic with snowflakes.

Eight foot deck with patio doors. It would be hinged near the wall line so you could sweep the tables and chairs off, knock out some chocks and the whole counterweighted thing would close up over the doors and windows.