Today we took a look at University of Florida’s “Hurricane House” in Davie.

Please check out our on-site report on Hurricane House below.

This is one of four facilities, soon to be six, that showcases and demonstrates products that help hurricane-proof your home. The house itself can withstand 140 mph winds and contains a steel “safe room” to protect you against tornadoes in Central Florida.

Each and every product inside this hurricane house has the Miami-Dade County seal of approval or NOA (Notice of Acceptance) which means it has been tested to withstand up to a “CAT 5″ hurricane.

You can tour the Hurricane House for free, like we did and learn more about Storm Shield, Armor Screen and new construction methods to hurricane-proof your home.

It’ll make you think twice about home improvement.

We’re getting pretty good at protecting our homes during hurricanes.

In fact, on May 25, an official “Hurricane House” facility built on the University of Florida’s campus in Davie was opened to the public to showcase new hurricane home protection technology. You can tour the Hurricane House for free, and you can learn about products that can help your home withstand a category 5 hurricane and up to 140 mph winds.

The best part is that not only has this stuff been tested and approved by Miami-Dade County’s benchmark product-approval process, some of the products are actually covered by grants you can apply for (i.e. you don’t have to pay).

The purpose, said University of Florida officials, was to demonstrate that it’s possible to build new homes that are hurricane-proof. But those of us with existing homes can benefit by identifying our own “problem spots” and using the new tech to address them.

On display were three types of window shutters, impact-resistant doors, steel “safe rooms,” and an alternative to shutters: thick, flexible accordion “screens.”

Hurricane House is located on the University of Florida campus at 3205 College Avenue, in Davie. Make an appointment to visit Hurricane House by calling 954-805-4556.