Monmouthshire County Council
... material (e.g. fiberglass and polythene sheet fixed around drainage pipes or services to allow space for movement and to prevent differential movement damaging the services). Pipes through foundations should have flexible joints either side of the foundation- see pipes penetrating though walls in Pa ...
... material (e.g. fiberglass and polythene sheet fixed around drainage pipes or services to allow space for movement and to prevent differential movement damaging the services). Pipes through foundations should have flexible joints either side of the foundation- see pipes penetrating though walls in Pa ...
cocoon cellulose insulation and the systems
... Fire rated floor/ceiling systems require special consideration if sound absorptive material such as Cocoon™ cellulose insulation is added to the plenum area. The weakest link in a floor system is the joist. The longer the joist member can be protected from fire, the longer it will carry its load. Ad ...
... Fire rated floor/ceiling systems require special consideration if sound absorptive material such as Cocoon™ cellulose insulation is added to the plenum area. The weakest link in a floor system is the joist. The longer the joist member can be protected from fire, the longer it will carry its load. Ad ...
... How and when did the use of hemp begin? 1.1) Overview of the topic: Cannabis sativa, otherwise known as hemp has become a highly sustainable building material over the past few years, and has just recently been introduced in South Africa. The countries first hemp home was constructed in November 201 ...
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... they shrink and swell constantly with their changing water content. Their strength also fluctuates with their water content: the higher the water content, the lower the strength. A mixture of mud and straw is pressed into a mold to form an adobe brick. After the adobe brick is removed from the mold, ...
... they shrink and swell constantly with their changing water content. Their strength also fluctuates with their water content: the higher the water content, the lower the strength. A mixture of mud and straw is pressed into a mold to form an adobe brick. After the adobe brick is removed from the mold, ...
cracks in building - rdso
... Indian Railways is having large assets of civil engineering structures and buildings, spread all over the country. Every year numbers of new buildings are being added on additional as well as on replacement account. However, very oftenly, field officials are facing a problem of occurrence of cracks ...
... Indian Railways is having large assets of civil engineering structures and buildings, spread all over the country. Every year numbers of new buildings are being added on additional as well as on replacement account. However, very oftenly, field officials are facing a problem of occurrence of cracks ...
Identification of materials used in Technology of Interior
... controlling the binding time and characteristics of the hardened material, whose properties as well as requirements are given in the PN-B-30042:1997 standard. While applying gypsum materials in the building practice, one should have a very good knowledge of their characteristics and appropriate ski ...
... controlling the binding time and characteristics of the hardened material, whose properties as well as requirements are given in the PN-B-30042:1997 standard. While applying gypsum materials in the building practice, one should have a very good knowledge of their characteristics and appropriate ski ...
Early cavity walls
... construction used for the wall. Many older buildings may have three or four different types of wall construction, reflecting their development over a long period. The process of assessing the movement of heat, water and salts through early cavity walls is primarily based on theoretical calculations. ...
... construction used for the wall. Many older buildings may have three or four different types of wall construction, reflecting their development over a long period. The process of assessing the movement of heat, water and salts through early cavity walls is primarily based on theoretical calculations. ...
LINOSTONE: A SANDSTONE COATING PRODUCT INVESTIGATED
... processes of ‘failure’ and to identify a means by which to remove it from sandstone buildings. Originally designed for aesthetic improvements on sandstone buildings (c.1960), Linostone has since been adapted and redesigned to repair spalling or friable sandstone masonry by incorporating an additiona ...
... processes of ‘failure’ and to identify a means by which to remove it from sandstone buildings. Originally designed for aesthetic improvements on sandstone buildings (c.1960), Linostone has since been adapted and redesigned to repair spalling or friable sandstone masonry by incorporating an additiona ...
WALLTITE Technical Guide
... A nationwide network of Approved Contractors is available throughout the UK. ...
... A nationwide network of Approved Contractors is available throughout the UK. ...
Making Steel Framing as Thermally Efficient as Wood
... computer simulations. While examining several material options, ORNL’s BTC was also striving to develop energyefficient steel stud wall technologies that would enable steel-stud walls to beat the performance of traditional 2 x 6 wood stud walls. They achieved their goal. In time period between 1994 ...
... computer simulations. While examining several material options, ORNL’s BTC was also striving to develop energyefficient steel stud wall technologies that would enable steel-stud walls to beat the performance of traditional 2 x 6 wood stud walls. They achieved their goal. In time period between 1994 ...
Concrete: Introduction
... Aggregates are chemically inert, solid bodies held together by the cement. Aggregates come in various shapes, sizes, and materials ranging from fine particles of sand to large, coarse rocks. Because cement is the most expensive ingredient in making concrete, it is desirable to minimize the amount of ...
... Aggregates are chemically inert, solid bodies held together by the cement. Aggregates come in various shapes, sizes, and materials ranging from fine particles of sand to large, coarse rocks. Because cement is the most expensive ingredient in making concrete, it is desirable to minimize the amount of ...
chapter 12: conversion and refurbishment
... moisture content exceeds 20%, then it is likely to decay, and by eliminating the source of dampness and drying of timbers below 20%, the fungus will normally stop growing and will eventually die. ...
... moisture content exceeds 20%, then it is likely to decay, and by eliminating the source of dampness and drying of timbers below 20%, the fungus will normally stop growing and will eventually die. ...
Double Wall Framing Technique-An Example of High Performance
... Double wall technologies utilizing wood framing have been well-known and used in North American buildings for decades. Most of double wall designs use only natural materials such as wood products, gypsum, and cellulose fiber insulation, being one of few building envelope technologies achieving high ...
... Double wall technologies utilizing wood framing have been well-known and used in North American buildings for decades. Most of double wall designs use only natural materials such as wood products, gypsum, and cellulose fiber insulation, being one of few building envelope technologies achieving high ...
Environmental Design and Inspection Services
... 1. Keep heat in while allowing the house to “breathe.” This eliminates the need for plastic vapor barriers, which inevitably cause condensation and the growth of mold inside walls built the current way. Condensation in walls with vapor barriers occurs sooner or later, no matter how tight the barrier ...
... 1. Keep heat in while allowing the house to “breathe.” This eliminates the need for plastic vapor barriers, which inevitably cause condensation and the growth of mold inside walls built the current way. Condensation in walls with vapor barriers occurs sooner or later, no matter how tight the barrier ...
Maintenance and repair of older buildings in South Australia
... can result. Regular maintenance can greatly reduce the expense associated with these unnecessary repairs, and in many cases eliminate them completely. The single most destructive element at work against the fabric of older and historic buildings is water, and the majority of maintenance and repair w ...
... can result. Regular maintenance can greatly reduce the expense associated with these unnecessary repairs, and in many cases eliminate them completely. The single most destructive element at work against the fabric of older and historic buildings is water, and the majority of maintenance and repair w ...
Maintenance and Repair of Older Buildings in
... can result. Regular maintenance can greatly reduce the expense associated with these unnecessary repairs, and in many cases eliminate them completely. The single most destructive element at work against the fabric of older and historic buildings is water, and the majority of maintenance and repair w ...
... can result. Regular maintenance can greatly reduce the expense associated with these unnecessary repairs, and in many cases eliminate them completely. The single most destructive element at work against the fabric of older and historic buildings is water, and the majority of maintenance and repair w ...
SHEAR WALL Shear walls are vertical elements of the horizontal
... The RCC framed structures are slender. When compared to shear wall concept of box like threedimensional structures though it is possible to design the earthquake resistant RCC frame it requires extra-ordinary skills at design detailing and construction levels. Which cannot be anticipated in all type ...
... The RCC framed structures are slender. When compared to shear wall concept of box like threedimensional structures though it is possible to design the earthquake resistant RCC frame it requires extra-ordinary skills at design detailing and construction levels. Which cannot be anticipated in all type ...
BRANZ Triboard Construction System
... panels must be finished with an impervious lining or finish which is easily cleaned. All joints must be impervious to water, and protection of the walls must be provided by extending impervious floor membranes up the wall in accordance with the coved detail of NZBC Acceptable Solution E3/AS1, Figure ...
... panels must be finished with an impervious lining or finish which is easily cleaned. All joints must be impervious to water, and protection of the walls must be provided by extending impervious floor membranes up the wall in accordance with the coved detail of NZBC Acceptable Solution E3/AS1, Figure ...
THE WALL DECORATION OF THE HIERON IN SAMOTHRACE
... with cast bronze mouldings. Lit by flickering lamplight during the nocturnal rites, the cella must have been rich in contrasts, now gleaming as light fell on the marble pavement and the white upper wall or picked out the metallic edges of the shadowy coffers, now muted as it struck the firm full col ...
... with cast bronze mouldings. Lit by flickering lamplight during the nocturnal rites, the cella must have been rich in contrasts, now gleaming as light fell on the marble pavement and the white upper wall or picked out the metallic edges of the shadowy coffers, now muted as it struck the firm full col ...
- The American School of Classical Studies at Athens
... the inventory of the Chalkotheke,but it is only in IG 112, 120 that the full context is preserved. Here an inventoryof shields (lines 33-35) precedesthe phrase "bronzedshields in the Chalkothekeitself against the wall" (lines 35-36); it is clearly distinguished from the following series, characteriz ...
... the inventory of the Chalkotheke,but it is only in IG 112, 120 that the full context is preserved. Here an inventoryof shields (lines 33-35) precedesthe phrase "bronzedshields in the Chalkothekeitself against the wall" (lines 35-36); it is clearly distinguished from the following series, characteriz ...
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... The simplest building system consists of only two components. One component is a floor, a flat, horizontal surface on which human activities can take place. The other component is an enclosure that extends over the floor and generally also around it to provide shelter from the weather for human acti ...
... The simplest building system consists of only two components. One component is a floor, a flat, horizontal surface on which human activities can take place. The other component is an enclosure that extends over the floor and generally also around it to provide shelter from the weather for human acti ...
a preliminary study of the praetorium of the zenobia
... corners is of the same kind. The remaining vaults were manufactured in brick, are were also made with mortar and plaster. In some cases, only the pendentives are preserved. The building presents severe deformations and lesions of varying kinds that we will comment on later in this article, and which ...
... corners is of the same kind. The remaining vaults were manufactured in brick, are were also made with mortar and plaster. In some cases, only the pendentives are preserved. The building presents severe deformations and lesions of varying kinds that we will comment on later in this article, and which ...
Construction Techniques Survey in Palestinian Territories
... In general, there are four main kinds of building materials which are widely available in West Bank and Gaza Strip. These are mud or adobe; concrete, concrete block and cut stone .These kinds of building materials can be used individually or together with each other to form the structure of building ...
... In general, there are four main kinds of building materials which are widely available in West Bank and Gaza Strip. These are mud or adobe; concrete, concrete block and cut stone .These kinds of building materials can be used individually or together with each other to form the structure of building ...
Toets Dokument met Palatino - Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation
... also be documented. Deviations from initial plans for conservation often occur because of such discoveries, which shed light on the property’s past. Every deviation and adjustment, including its motivation, should be recorded. All this information is invaluable for further research and maintenance, ...
... also be documented. Deviations from initial plans for conservation often occur because of such discoveries, which shed light on the property’s past. Every deviation and adjustment, including its motivation, should be recorded. All this information is invaluable for further research and maintenance, ...
Plasterwork
Plasterwork refers to construction or ornamentation done with plaster, such as a layer of plaster on an interior or exterior wall structure, or plaster decorative moldings on ceilings or walls. This is also sometimes called pargeting. The process of creating plasterwork, called plastering, has been used in building construction for centuries.