Roofing Failures

Roofing Failures

EnglishEbook
Cash, Carl G.
Taylor & Francis Ltd
EAN: 9781134424177
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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.
EAN 9781134424177
ISBN 1134424175
Binding Ebook
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication date June 2, 2004
Pages 272
Language English
Country United Kingdom
Authors Cash, Carl G.