Alternatives to Lumber and Plywood in Home ConstructionDIANE Publishing, 1994 - 61 pagina's Identifies a number of alternative materials or building systems that can be used in residential construction under most current building codes, as well as emerging technologies that should be commercially available in the near future. Covers: steel framing, concrete systems, foam core structural sandwich panels, engineered wood products, and a host of emerging technologies, including: plastics, gridcore, scrimber, and more. 28 drawings and photos. |
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adhesives affecting price include alternative materials Alternatives to Lumber Autoclaved builders commercially available concrete systems Concrete Wall Systems connectors conventional Cost Estimate drywall electrical and plumbing Ener-G-Block engineered wood products EWPS Factors affecting price Figure flanges floor joists foam core panels FOAM CORE STRUCTURAL foam panels headers housing I-beams inches include the complexity Insulated Concrete Wall insulated exterior wall interior partition walls labor rates Laminated Veneer Lumber lineal foot lumber and plywood manufacturer claims nailed nonload-bearing Oriented Strand Board Parallel Strand Lumber percent plastic lumber plumbing lines polystyrene polyurethane Products Program R-value REBAR received HUD approval residential construction roof panels roof systems shotcrete Single-Family solid lumber SPARFIL Speed of construction SPLINE square foot STIFFENER structural sandwich panels Suitability of Products Superinsulation Table Technical Suitability thermal bridging thermal performance ThermaLock typically U.S. Department wall panels Wall Section wall studs Welded-Wire Sandwich Panels wood veneers
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Pagina 36 - NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS 1201 15th Street NW, Washington DC 20005. 202/822-0200.
Pagina 54 - The Society of the Plastics Industry 1275 K Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20005 (202) 371-5282 I am CE O'Connell, President of the Society of the Plastics Industry, Incorporated.
Pagina ii - The contents of this report are the views of the contractor and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development or the US Government. Foreword...
Pagina 30 - American Iron and Steel Institute, 1101 17th Street NW, Suite 1300, Washington DC 20036-4700, and Steel Plate Fabricators Association, 3158 Des Plaines Avenue, Des Plaines, IL 60018 Appendix III.
Pagina 6 - Panels Panels for construction and industrial applications can be manufactured in a variety of ways: as plywood (cross-laminated wood veneer), as composites (veneer faces bonded to reconstituted wood cores), or as nonveneered panels (including waferboard, oriented strand board, and certain specific classes of particleboard). Some grades of veneered panels are manufactured under the provisions of US Product Standard PS1, Construction...
Pagina 7 - Association performance standards that establish performance criteria for specific designated onstruction applications. These APA Performance-Rated Panels are easy to use and specify because the recommended end use and maximum support spacings are clearly indicated in the APA trademark.
Pagina 36 - In the past, the above-grade use of concrete in residential construction has been limited to moderate climates because of concrete's relatively low insulative properties.
Pagina 2 - Conventional construction typically calls for double floor joists under nonload-bearing partitions that are parallel to the floor joists. However, where...
Pagina 37 - National Precast Concrete Association 825 East 64th Street Indianapolis, IN 46220 (317) 253-0486...
Pagina 46 - Generally, blocks are insulated by using one of two methods: 1. placing a fill material in the blocks as the wall is built or 2.