Roofing Failures
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| Management number | 232105768 | Release Date | 2026/06/18 | List Price | $55.17 | Model Number | 232105768 | ||
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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. Read more
| ISBN10 | 041529925X |
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| ISBN13 | 978-0415299251 |
| Edition | 1st |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Dimensions | 6.25 x 0.5 x 9.25 inches |
| Item Weight | 1.3 pounds |
| Print length | 272 pages |
| Publication date | June 12, 2003 |
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