Carl G Cash

Roofing Failures

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book starts by setting out the duties of a building pathologist in the context of the modern roofing industry, defining failure and explaining its underlying causes. The main chapters then deal with the main specific types of failure: fire, shrinkage and roofing systems displacement, calendar shrinkage, foam insulation shrinkage and 'stretched' membranes, plasticizer migration, bitumen incompatibility, built-up roofing felt porosity, blistering, thermal insulation instability, foam insulation problems, torch applications, polymer dispersion, asphalt-glass fibre shingle splitting, lack of appropriate venting, problems with cool roofing and problems with organic fibre-portland cement shingles. The book concludes with an outline of the principal rules for long service life roofing.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juni 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9780415299251
• ISBN-10: 041529925X
• Artikelnr.: 26683999

Autorenporträt

Carl G. Cash

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1. Introduction 1. A Snapshot of the Roofing Industry in 2001 2.
Low-Sloped Roofing Systems and Materials 3. Low-Sloped Roofing Systems
(cont.) 4. Structural Decks and Insulation 5. Steep-Sloped Roofing Systems
6. Flashing Systems 7. What is Failure? 8. Performance vs. Prescriptive
Specifications. Part 2. Case Studies. Index.