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Tables of Contents for Roofing Failures
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of tables
x
List of figures
xi
List of details
xii
List of haikus
xiii
List of abbreviations
xiv
Conversion factors
xv
Preface
xvii
PART 1 Introduction
1
98
1 A snapshot of the roofing industry in 2001
5
5
2 Low-sloped roofing systems and materials
10
17
3 Low-sloped roofing systems and materials (continued)
27
11
4 Structural decks and thermal insulation
38
14
5 Steep-sloped roofing systems
52
14
6 Flashing
66
18
7 What is failure?
84
10
8 Performance vs prescriptive specifications
94
5
PART 2 Case studies
99
92
9 The case of the leaking book warehouse
101
4
10 The case of the shattered slates
105
2
11 The case of the department store's splitting return
107
2
12 The case of the propriety products
109
2
13 The case of the splitting membrane
111
2
14 The case of the unacceptable design advice
113
2
15 The case of the skilled maintenance man
115
2
16 The case of the roof over the rare paper storage
117
2
17 The case of the wide spread flame
119
3
18 The case of the dissolving shakes
122
2
19 The case of the leaking gymnasium
124
2
20 The case of the flapping glass fiber felts
126
2
21 The case of the leaking condominiums
128
2
22 The case of the corroding foam
130
2
23 The case of the heavy glass fiber shingles
132
2
24 The case of the moving insulation
134
2
25 The case of the phantom deck movement
136
2
26 The case of the lightweight insulating concrete
138
2
27 The case of the shrinking insulation
140
2
28 The case of the gooey felts
142
2
29 The case of the ice castles
144
2
30 The case of the tile
146
2
31 The case of the skaters' cracks
148
2
32 The case of the phased felt plies
150
2
33 The cases of the fastener backouts
152
2
34 The case of the blistered shingles
154
3
35 The case of "1 +1=4"
157
2
36 The case of the cold process roofing
159
2
37 The case of pressure sensitive adhesion
161
2
38 The case of the fire retardant plywood
163
2
39 The case of asphalt dispersion
165
2
40 The case of the liquid applied waterproofing
167
2
41 The case of the blistered airport roof
169
2
42 The case of pesky sea gulls
171
2
43 The case of the distant expansion joints
173
3
44 The case of the ill wind
176
2
45 The case of the improper waterproofing
178
2
46 The case of the poorly vented roof
180
2
47 The case of the missing facer adhesion
182
2
48 The case of the noisy roof
184
2
49 The case of the severe hail storm
186
2
50 What have we learned?
188
3
Appendix A - Roofing trade names
191
44
Appendix B - Roofing industry websites
235
4
Appendix C - Answers
239
7
Appendix D - Bibliography
246
3
Index
249