Ongoing research may mean changes to flood renovation of historic homes. It is common practice for renovations after flooding to require the use of modern flood-resistant materials. Historic hardwoods, plaster, and other building materials may be salvageable but little research has been done on these materials. Concurrent studies underway by both Virginia-based Building Resilient Solutions and the National Park Service at the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory may provide the evidence required to change those practices.
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