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Description
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. Read more
Publisher : Routledge; 1st edition (June 30, 2020)
Language : English
Paperback : 272 pages
ISBN-10 : 0367578506
ISBN-13 : 03
Item Weight : 16 ounces
Dimensions : 6.14 x 0.62 x 9.21 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #2,609,916 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #74 in Roofing Home Remodeling (Books) #222 in Concrete Materials Engineering #1,433 in Architecture (Books)
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