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IBHS Wildfire Prepared Home Base low-deck perimeter mesh

The 2025 IBHS Base standard specifies perimeter enclosure mesh for decks whose walking surface is four feet or less above ground.

Product attributes can address the mesh specification. Height, full perimeter installation, grade termination, and deck eligibility must be checked on site.

program · California and Oregon program applicants · Last verified 2026-08-24 · JSON (CC BY 4.0)

Published requirement text

“outer edge of the deck”

2025 Wildfire Prepared Home Technical Standard — Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety

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Instrument ibhs-wildfire-prepared.

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Machine-readable constraints

AttributeOperatorValueUnit
assemblyRole eq deck-skirting
meshSizeInch lte 0.125 inch
corrosionResistant eq true
material in aluminum–copper–galvanized-steel–stainless-steel–steel

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Sources

IBHS Wildfire Prepared Home Base low-deck perimeter mesh. FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/requirements/ibhs-base-underdeck-mesh/. Last verified 2026-08-24.