My Safe Florida Home Program

Marsella Enterprises Inc. is a Certified My Safe Florida Home building contractor. What that means to you is a substantial savings on your Homeowners Insurance. For new construction and remodeling, your project is built to the standards required by the My Safe Florida Home program.

The Florida Department of Financial Services offers the My Safe Florida Home program to measure how safe your home is against hurricanes. Following a free wind inspection, you will receive a detailed report from the State that will explain key steps you can take to make your home more hurricane resistant.

We have certified evaluators that will come to your home and evaluate it for the qualifications is has and upgrades it needs to meet the state program.

Then, if there is work to be done, our skilled builders and approved subcontractors will take care to assure you pass your insurance company’s inspection. And you are on your way to saving $$!

What kind of improvements can be made to strengthen my home against hurricane damage?

Improving the strength of your roof deck attachment.
Creating a secondary water barrier to prevent water intrusion. There are products that cover and seal the joints between the plywood sheets on your roof. This will reduce leakage if your shingles are blown off.
Improving the survivability of your roof covering. Upgrading to stronger and thicker hurricane-resistant roof shingles, attached with properly sized and applied roofi ng nails
Bracing gable-ends in your roof framing. This is usually done in your attic to lessen the chances that your roof will collapse under hurricane wind loads.
Reinforcing roof-to-wall connections. For example, installing metal tie-down straps that attach roof rafters to wall studs to decrease the chances that all or part of your roof will lift up from your house during a hurricane.
Upgrading exterior wall-opening protection, for instance, installing hurricane-rated window shutters.
Upgrading exterior doors, such as replacing a standard garage door with a hurricane-rated garage door and bracing.