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Comments: Roofing Failures by Carl G. Cash (2003, Hardcover); Published by Spon Press; 1st edition, Building, Construction. 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 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. back cover scratch, a little cover wear, some spots page edges , a little dirty inside back cover, otherwise inside is clean and tight, very good
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Comments: Sewn binding. 272 p. Good.