Homes go up without fire-hardening code
In the shadow of yet another fire season in Payson, developers are racing to win approval to build homes without fire-hardened materials and design. Payson sits in the middle of the worldâs largest ponderosa pine forest, but the Payson council hasnât adopted the fire-adapted building code already in place in Prescott and Flagstaff. Those fire codes donât add to the cost of a house, but make it far more likely a community will survive the close approach of a wildfire. Now, after years spent in a building slump â the pipeline for new home construction is filling up. Already,...
Source: paysonroundup.com