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Planning before we broke ground. we literally started from ground up. from the piles that we put in, we evaluated those. the materials that we used for the walls to the roof eve. construction materials and methods. >> neil: so the pilings in the ground were deeper and cement, right? >> yes. those are prestressed concrete piles. they go 40 feet in the ground. we were rated for 25 to 28 feet. we elected to go deeper because it wasnt that much more expensive. once you get to the top of the piles, t...

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Well build the wall to keep the damn drugs out. more than ever we need the wall. dont worry, youre getting the wall. dont worry, okay? >> not big cheers tonight. that was then. the reality now, the president seems to be abandoning his pledge to shut down the government if he doesnt get funding for the wall. and if they do a short-term continuing resolution to fund the government until they come back after the holiday, democrats take control. they dont want the wall in earnest. they believe its a...

Damn drugs out. more than ever we need the wall. dont worry, youre getting the wall. dont worry, okay? >> not big cheers tonight. that was then. the reality now, the president seems to be abandoning his pledge to shut down the government if he doesnt get funding for the wall. and if they do a short-term continuing resolution to fund the government until they come back after the holiday, democrats take control. they dont want the wall in earnest. they believe its a farce, and many republicans may...

Higher pilings and more secure pilings, more resistant windows and the like it is is good but obviously not this good or prepared for this type of thing, not that alarming and increased cost. i am wondering whether you can enforce those stringent building requirements to get everybody on board. 15% to 20% more is not a small amount, but is a good investment to consider. >> it is a good investment. the about the roi. i thought he said 10% to 15% but whatever it might be, i think the return on inv...

I was amazed at things you did to make sure it could. can you tell me a couple things you did that are different in this house versus others? >> the pilings the house rests on our 40 feet long and go 20 feet below, at the top of those pilings steel brackets create union with the girders, made of the same reinforced concrete. those girders have vertical rebar and concrete walls are on that and the walls are mounted and united by steel and concrete 28 feet down in the ground, that goes all the way...

>> well, first off, on every parameter of the building, we went and look at the building materials and look at what was available. we would try to go the one step beyond what would be ordinary. for example, we were told that 30 foot pilings will be adequate. weuired about the cost of 40-foot pilings. so we put in 40-foot pilings. theres the story of sand palace begins at 28 feet below what youd see. it continues pretty much as a single structure bonded by concrete or steel all the way to the top...

My partner and i, my uncle, russell king and i, decided we wanted to build a house on the panhandle. we wanted to build one on the coast. we knew it could be in harms way. just like when you get in the car and buckle your seat belt, youre trying to prepare for something that you nope never happens. we built a house with that thought in mind. we didnt dwell as much on the building codes although we comply with every code. we dwelled on the one that could survive a hurricane. could we build one th...

We just have to go and figure because the hurricane windows are supposed to be in regardless and hurricane doors. you are supposed to do a lot of that regardless. going from vinyl to cement board, it is not that much. now, we -- the 30 foot pilings is what they were going to do. then i called and said what can we get better than that? they said 40 foot. it was like $2,000. then i called back and said, can we get 50 foot. i said great, well do that. but then they said they couldnt get it without ...

And we consistently tried to build it for that. >> the engineers took all kinds of things. >> apparently so. >> my understanding is the codes -- the hurricane andrew code is that you have to build a house to withstand 120 miles an hour winds. you built this to withstand 240 miles an hour winds; is that right? >> 240, 250 something like that. it is poured concrete walls on top of 40 foot pilings and rebar all in the walls. steel cables go from the gurters above the pilings through the roof and co...