Leading Home Builder Makes Room for Safety

With wild and unexpected weather changes increasing in frequency and severity, consumers are more and more concerned about the safety and protection of their homes and families.

That’s why homeowners and buyers are now taking the step of adding “safe rooms” to the garage of their existing home or incorporating the reinforced room into the design of a new home.

The new DuPont™ StormRoom™ with KEVLAR® has the strength to endure the dangers of severe weather and is certified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as a protective shelter against tornadoes and even a powerful category 5 hurricane. It can withstand winds in excess of 250 mph. And since the walls and door are reinforced with KEVLAR®, which is five times stronger than steel, a powerful and highly resistant barrier is provided against wind borne debris, which is one of the leading causes of injuries in major hurricanes

Toll Brothers, America’s Luxury Home Builder™ — the only publicly traded national home building company to have won all three of the most coveted awards in the home building industry: America's Best Builder, National Builder of the Year, and the National Housing Quality Award — has partnered with DuPont to offer the reinforced StormRoom™ to their customers in their new community, Coastal Oaks at Nocatee in Ponte Vedra, Florida. DuPont StormRooms are included in each single-family home Toll Brothers builds in this new luxury home community in Ponte Vedra, on Florida’s north Atlantic coast. (For more information, visit www.coastaloaksatnocatee.com.)

The StormRoom™ comes in multiple sizes, with interior dimensions ranging from 4 by 6 feet to 12 by 12 feet. The walls can be finished on the interior with drywall. The room is ventilated and can be outfitted for plumbing and wired for electricity, and comes with a steel door whose single-throw latch sends six bolts into a steel frame. The entire unit is fastened to the house's slab with bolts that are epoxied in place.

The new DuPont™ StormRoom™ with KEVLAR® ranges in cost from just more than $6,500 to about $16,000 depending upon size and enhancements selected.

To learn more, call 1-800-931-3456 (United States) and 843-335-5912 (outside the United States) or visit our website at www.stormroom.dupont.com.