03-11-2011, 05:45 PM
The Rehab Guide 3 Roofs
Size: 2.3 MB | Format: PDF | Publisher: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development | Year: 1999 | pages: 81
This publication, The Rehab Guide: Roofs is one in a series of guidebooks produced by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to keep the design and construction industry abreast of innovations and state-of-the-art materials and practices in home rehabilitation. As is too often the case, innovative techniques, materials, technologies, and products are slow to make their way into accepted practice. The Rehab Guide series is intended to accelerate this process by informing builders, architects, engineers, and other housing rehabilitation professionals about such innovations and state- of-the-art practices. The Rehab Guide was also prompted by the lack of a comprehensive publication to make the design and construction industry aware of innovative and cost- aving developments in housing rehabilitation. Professional trade magazines, conferences, and trade shows offer some distribution of this information, but they are rarely focused on housing rehabilitation, as this series is, nor are they comprehensive. It is evident that such innovations will not advance unless the industry is made aware of them and they are tested.
The focus of this series is on housing rehabilitation, which is different than home improvement. Rehabilitate means “to restore to good condition,” not necessarily to improve to a state that is significantly different than the original. This is a fine line, but it distinguishes this series from “home improvement” books written for the amateur. The Rehab Guide focuses on building technology, materials, components, and techniques rather than “projects” such as adding a new room, converting a garage into a den, or finishing an attic. Nor is The Rehab Guide intended to be a “diagnostic” tool; a number of such books are already available to the industry. The content for this guidebook, Roofs, has been gathered from professionals in the housing rehabilitation field; manufacturers and suppliers of innovative technologies, materials, components, tools, and equipment; trade shows, conferences, reports, and publications considering such issues; trade organizations; and building research centers.
The focus of this series is on housing rehabilitation, which is different than home improvement. Rehabilitate means “to restore to good condition,” not necessarily to improve to a state that is significantly different than the original. This is a fine line, but it distinguishes this series from “home improvement” books written for the amateur. The Rehab Guide focuses on building technology, materials, components, and techniques rather than “projects” such as adding a new room, converting a garage into a den, or finishing an attic. Nor is The Rehab Guide intended to be a “diagnostic” tool; a number of such books are already available to the industry. The content for this guidebook, Roofs, has been gathered from professionals in the housing rehabilitation field; manufacturers and suppliers of innovative technologies, materials, components, tools, and equipment; trade shows, conferences, reports, and publications considering such issues; trade organizations; and building research centers.
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