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Online PR News 20-June-2011 Two key exterior components of a home with the potential of destruction during a tropical storm or hurricane are screen enclosures and roofs. With hurricane and storm season upon us, it's very important that homeowners thoroughly check their insurance policy to determine exact coverage for screen enclosures / pool cages.
Online PR News 06-June-2011 - Hurricane season is officially upon us in Florida, having begun June 1st and running through November 30th. Gulf Atlantic Industries of America Inc, a South Florida general contractor, is offering a list for homeowners titled "Hurricane Preparedness: Ten Steps You Can Do to Help Prepare Your Florida Home or Condo Prior to a Hurricane Evacuation".
Online PR News 31-May-2011 Hurricane season officially begins on June 1 and runs through November 30th. While most remember the 2010 hurricane season as relatively slow, at least concerning the US, weather forecasters say this years hurricane season could be very active.....
Online PR News 28-June-2010 - Hurricane season began on June 1 and runs through November 30th. The private weather forecasting company AccuWeather has released news reports predicting it could be one of the five most active hurricane seasons since records began.....
Ten Important Steps to Help Ensure Your Safety Following a Hurricane, From a Florida Disaster Relief Specialist
Hurricane season is upon us in Florida. Believe it or not, more people are seriously injured and killed on the picture perfect calm days after a hurricane has blown through and people are returning to their homes and lives. Here are 10 important steps to help ensure your safety in those crucial days following a hurricane.
Miami, FL (PRWEB) July 30, 2008 -- Hurricanes cause unbelievable destruction in terms of lost property and lives. However, it's a little known fact that many more people are seriously injured and killed on the picture perfect calm days after a hurricane has blown through and people are returning to their homes and lives. The number one culprit is stepping onto a wet lawn or puddle that is electrically charged by an unseen down power line. Following this tragic statistic, is the collapse of roof structures while examining damage and falling trees.
Gulf Atlantic Industries of America, Inc. (GAI) is a state licensed and insured South Florida general contractor serving Miami to Melbourne and Miami to Pt. Charlotte. They specialize in disaster relief, new roofs, and hurricane protection products, including hurricane shutters, hurricane storm panels, and impact resistant replacement windows and doors. You may visit them at http://www.remodelsouthflorida.com or call (305) 937-0500.
GAI offer's these 10 important steps to help ensure your safety upon returning to your home, high-rise, or place of business following a hurricane.
Ten Important Steps to Help Ensure Your Safety Following a Hurricane:
1. Have proof of residency in the form of a driver's license accompanied by a property tax document, insurance document, and or piece of mail that shows current address. This will be necessary to re-enter an evacuation zone or heavily damaged area.
2. Be extra careful on what and where you are walking through as well as using your hands to move debris. Look out for power lines, tilting trees, light poles, power poles, sharp objects, and wild life, especially alligators, snakes, and raccoons.
3. Upon arriving at your residence, do not walk right in. Survey the entire exterior structure, especially the roof for lose roof tiles that may slide off on to your head. When entering, remain in the doorway threshold, looking at the ceilings and walls to evaluate the durability of your surroundings.
4. Check your power source, electrical panel box, and smell for gas. If power is out use a flashlight, do not strike a match or a lighter. Feel your walls for wetness especially around receptacles outlets and do not plug in appliances and electronic devises prior to making certain that the prongs are dry.
5. Open up all your faucet's for 5-10 minutes to run water. Do not drink or bathe in water until you are given an all clear from the county or your municipality as water may be contaminated.
6. Check your windows and sliding doors to be sure they are securely in place as not to collapse on you and carefully remove any broken glass.
7. For those of you who have solar systems on your roofs, check that they are securely in place so that the simple closing of a door does not trigger the unit to come loose thus sliding off the roof crashing on to you. Same for screen pool and patio enclosures, carefully examine the frame structure.
8. If you are returning to a mid or hi-rise apartment or condominium complex check with the management office as to whether the elevators are safely operating.
9. Be extra careful upon checking the secure placement of your floor to ceiling windows. If loose frames or broken glass is detected, back away and hire a professional to securely board up the openings.
10. Upon opening a sliding door to a balcony terrace, do it carefully and look at the structure. Do not lean on any railings or knee walls. If it appears to be unsafe, close the door and tape off the area with warning signs from the inside.
More About Gulf Atlantic Industries of America, Inc:
Gulf Atlantic Industries of America, Inc. (GAI), a Miami, Florida general contractor, is proud to announce that they are an authorized participating contractor in "My Safe Florida Home". This is a State of Florida administered program designed to assist homeowners to better harden their homes and protect themselves and their families from treacherous windstorm damage. To learn more about this program visit mysafefloridahome.com.
Besides hurricane protection products, see Gulf Atlantic Industries for your screen pool and patio enclosures needs.
Ten Steps for Preparing Your Florida Home or Condominium Prior to a Hurricane Evacuation
Hurricane season in Florida officially begins June 1st. Gulf Atlantic Industries of America, Inc, a South Florida contractor, offers "Ten Steps for Preparing Your Florida Home or Condominium Prior to a Hurricane Evacuation".
Miami, FL (PRWEB) June 1, 2008 -- Hurricane season is upon us in Florida, as it officially begins June 1 and ends on November 30. It's important for your safety to not waste time during the event of an evacuation. Being prepared prior to an order to evacuate can also help you minimize understandable feelings of frustration and being inconvenienced.
Gulf Atlantic Industries of America, Inc (GAI) is a state licensed and insured Florida contractor. They offer 10 steps to help prepare your home or condominium. Following them can help minimize damage and assist you with a smoothly executed evacuation plan.
Ten Steps for Preparing Your Florida Home or Condominium Prior to a Hurricane Evacuation
1. Take inside all exterior furniture and loose objects on pool decks, yards, and balconies.
2. If you have hurricane shutters, roll down shutters, or removable storm panel systems, they should be securely locked in the closed position. If you do not have approved hurricane protection devices, securely nail in place 3/4 inch plywood over all your accessible window and door openings.
3. For those of you who have screen pool enclosures and or screen patios/balconies it is advisable to cut the screens at the bottom of each section for winds anticipated over 90 miles per hour. It will relieve pressure off the structure.
4. For those of you who have turbine ventilators on your roof, remove them and securely cap. Solar hot water panels should also be securely shrink wrapped.
5. Move all fragile objects and valuable possessions away from the windows and sliding doors.
6. Place folded towels at the bottom of doors, windows, and in the interior tracks of sliding doors to minimize, or eliminate water intrusion.
7. Check all faucets, stove, and oven to be certain they are in the closed position.
8. Unplug your electronics prior to leaving your residence to avoid electrical surges that may damage home electronics, appliances, or cause a fire.
9. Place your insurance policy and important documents in a plastic zip lock bag or waterproof container and take them with you.
10. Make sure in advance that you have a full tank of fuel in your vehicle.
About Gulf Atlantic Industries of America, Inc:
Gulf Atlantic Industries of America, Inc. (GAI) (a state licensed and insured south Florida general contractor) specializing in home remodeling around energy efficiency and hurricane protection products including hurricane shutters, storm panels, and impact resistant windows and doors. See them also for new roofs and screen pool enclosures. You can visit them at http://www.remodelsouthflorida.com or call (305) 937-0500.
Gulf Atlantic Industries is proud to announce that they are an authorized participating contractor in "My Safe Florida Home". This is a State of Florida administered program designed to assist homeowners to better harden their homes and protect themselves and their families from treacherous windstorm damage. To learn more about this program visit mysafefloridahome.com.
Spring into Green -- Solar and Energy Saving Systems Make a Comeback as Part of
Florida Home Remodeling Projects
Gulf Atlantic Industries of America, Inc has found that popular home remodeling products this spring are "green" ones that will save homeowners money on energy costs and storm protection devices. This includes solar energy, insulation, ultra high efficiency central a/c, and low-E coating hurricane impact windows.
Miami, South FL (PRWEB) March 31, 2008 -- Spring is in the air and despite the bleak economic outlook in the real estate market, existing home and condo owners are going green in the home remodeling mode with energy efficiency and hurricane protection products.
Gulf Atlantic Industries of America, Inc. owner, Marvin Lebovitz, reports on this years annual International Builders Show in Orlando, Florida, "Consumers were primarily searching for products that will save them money on energy costs and storm protection devices. Solar energy, insulation, ultra high efficiency central a/c, and low-E coating hurricane impact windows took center stage."
Lebovitz adds that, "Gulf Atlantic Industries is receiving a significant increase in calls from south Florida residents for solar hot water systems, ICYENE insulation, ultra high efficiency central air conditioning, and hurricane impact window products. The good news is that residential homes that are properly engineered and remodeled with these devices can realistically see monthly energy savings as high as 30%. High rise condo unit owners can expect monthly energy savings in the 15% range when converting to ultra high efficiency central a/c systems and low-E tinted hurricane impact windows."
In response to this growing demand by home owners, Gulf Atlantic Industries of America, Inc. (GAI) (a state licensed and insured south Florida general contractor) has joined as a new member of "The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), a non-profit community working to make green buildings accessible to everyone within a generation. Gulf Atlantic is also a member of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI).
The interest in solar energy and energy savings products isn't new in Florida. Throughout the late 70's and 80's, solar hot water heaters for homes and pools were a hot commodity throughout south Florida. There were incentive rebates through Florida Power and Light (FPL), generous federal tax credits, and creative financing programs that enabled homeowners to purchase these devices through the monthly savings off their utility bills. In many cases it worked well - homeowners were being able to pocket the excess savings as the systems were paying themselves off. Right about the time the tax credits and rebate programs expired, Hurricane Andrew blew through with its devastation. Most solar systems were found still attached to their installed roofs one-half mile away from the home.
Post Andrew created a lull in the Florida solar energy market. Today, with record fuel and energy costs soaring solar, along with new state-of-the-art energy saving systems, are making a strong comeback in terms of Florida's home remodeling market.
For more information on converting your residence to a "high performance home" and how going green can benefit you, visit The U.S.Green Building Council (USGBC), a 501(c) (3) non profit that developed the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System, at usgbc.org.
Please call Gulf Atlantic Industries for more information and a no obligation free estimate on hurricane impact resistant and energy saving replacement windows, doors, accordion shutters and other shutter systems, storm panels, new roofs, screen pool and patio enclosures, solar energy insulation and ultra high efficiency central A/C. Gulf Atlantic Industries of America, Inc. and serves all South Florida, Miami Dade County, Ft. Lauderdale, Broward County and the Palm Beaches. You can reach them toll-free at (800) 679-0369 or (305) 937-0500, or visit them at http://www.RemodelSouthFlorida.com.
Gulf Atlantic is proud to announce that we are an authorized participating contractor in ""My Safe Florida Home."" This is a State of Florida administered program designed to assist homeowners to better harden their homes and protect themselves and their families from treacherous windstorm damage. To learn more about this program and how you may qualify for a matching grant and lower insurance premiums, go to www.mysafefloridahome.com or call toll free +1 (866) 513-6734.
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Florida's Gulf Atlantic Industries Offers Evacuation Essentials
FLORIDA -- Hurricane season officially starts June 1 and ends November 30. During this time, the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of Florida can be threatened by hurricane winds with very limited notice, but there are critical steps we can take to prepare for severe tropical storm conditions and hurricane emergencies, to help ensure the safety of our homes and families. South Florida's very own home improvement contractor, Gulf Atlantic Industries offers the following advice to prepare for hurricane conditions:
The best defense in the event of a hurricane is a good offense. Evacuation plans should be set in motion once a Hurricane Watch is issued because there is only a window of 24-36 hours before the storm hits. Start preparing a hurricane evacuation plan with a safe destination either inland or completely out of the anticipated hurricane strike zone and map out your evacuation route with awareness of flood zones. Be sure to check your car and fill the tank with gas. You should also begin securing your residence. If you have hurricane accordion shutters, roll down shutters, or removable storm panel system, they should be securely locked in the closed position. If you do not have approved hurricane protection devices, securely nail in place ¾ inch plywood over all your accessible window and door openings. On the roof, all turbine ventilators should be removed and securely capped. All solar hot water panels should be securely shrink-wrapped.
If a Hurricane Warning is issued, you have 24 hours or less to prepare. Gather all the personal essentials including clothing, medications, cash/credit cards/checks, extra food, water, important documents, phone numbers, insurance papers and first aid kits and pack your car. Also have an evacuation alternative in mind, such as your local Red Cross Shelter. Be aware that pets are not allowed in shelters and that they are not likely accommodate specific medical needs or provide food. In regards to protecting your residential home or condominium, all outside furniture and loose objects by the pool, on the deck or balcony, and in the yard, should be taken inside. All fragile objects and valuable possessions should be moved away from the windows and sliding doors. South Floridian's with screen pool enclosures and/or screen patios and balconies, should cut the screens at the bottom of each section to relieve pressure off the building structure in the event of winds measured at ninety miles per hour and over.
In the event that an evacuation is issued, get out fast and take these last protective measures for your residential home or condominium to avoid massive hurricane damage and remodeling. Double check that all faucets, stove and oven fixtures are in the closed position. Folded towels should be placed at the bottom of doors, windows and in the interior tracks of sliding doors to minimize or eliminate water intrusion. Prior to leaving your residence, unplug your electronic devices to avoid possible power surges that may damage home electronics and appliances, or cause fire.
Gulf Atlantic Industries of America, INC., are state licensed and insured general contractors serving South Florida for twenty-three years, specializing in residential remodeling, home improvement, & light commercial contracting. Our services include: Residential / Commercial Roofing - Hurricane Protection for residential / hi-rise buildings - Hurricane Shutters - Accordion Shutters - Rollup-Shutters - Storm Panels - Impact Resistant Windows and Sliding Doors -Replacement Windows - Screen Pool Enclosures - Screen Patio Enclosures - Carports - Driveways - Central A/C and Disaster Relief. Let us help you! For more information on costs and a no obligation, free estimate, please call toll-free: (800) 679-0369 or (305) 937-0500. Visit our website at: www.RemodelSouthFlorida.com.
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