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To spite a national trend toward renovation, restoration, and remodeling, construction products producers and their associations are not universally eager to publish recommendations for repairing or extending existing materials. There are two major reasons. First, there are several possible applications of most building materials; and there is an even larger number of different problems that can occur after products are installed in a building. Thus, it is difficult to produce recommendations that cover every eventuality. Second, it is not always in a building construction product producer's best interest to publish data that will help building owners repair their product. Producers, whose income derives from selling new products, do not necessarily applaud when their associations spend their money telling architects and building owners how to avoid buying their products. Finally, in the Building Renovation and Restoration Series we have a reference that recognizes that problems frequently occur with materials used in building projects. In this book and in the other books in this series, xiii xlv Saries Foreword Simmons goes beyond the promotional hyperbole found in most product literature and explains how to identify common problems. He then offers informed ""inside"" recommendations on how to deal with each ofthe problems. Each chapter covers certain materials, or family of materials, in a way that can be understood by building owners and managers, as well as construction and design professionals.

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Author:   H.L. Simmons
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.561kg
ISBN:  

9781461597377

ISBN 10:   1461597374
Pages:   356
Publication Date:   26 April 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- What Nonstructural Metal Items Are and What They Do.- Failure Types and Conditions.- What to Do in an Emergency.- Professional Help.- Prework On-site Examination.- 2 Support Systems.- Concrete and Steel Structural Framing Systems.- Metal Framing and Furring.- Metal Framing and Furring Failures and What to Do about Them.- Installing New Metal Framing and Furring over Existing Materials.- Wood Framing and Furring.- Wood Framing and Furring Failures and What to Do about Them.- Installing New Wood Framing and Furring over Existing Materials.- Substrates.- Other Building Elements.- Where to Get More Information.- 3 Metal Materials.- Iron.- Steel.- Aluminum.- Copper Alloys.- Other Metals.- Metal Material Failures and What to Do about Them.- Where to Get More Information.- 4 Mechanical, Chemical, and Inorganic Metal Finishes.- Mechanical Finishes for and Cleaning of Ferrous Metals.- Chemical Finishes for and Cleaning of Ferrous Metals.- Requirements Applicable to All Inorganic Nonferrous Metal Finishes.- Finish Designations for Aluminum.- Mechanical Finishes for Aluminum.- Chemical Finishes for and Cleaning of Aluminum.- Finish Designations for Copper Alloys.- Mechanical Finishes for Copper Alloys.- Chemical Finishes for and Cleaning of Copper Alloys.- Metallic Finishes.- Anodic Coatings.- Vitreous Coatings.- Laminated Coatings.- Reasons for Mechanical and Inorganic Metal Finish Failure.- Evidence of Mechanical and Inorganic Finish Failures.- Cleaning and Maintaining Existing Metal Surfaces.- Repairing Failed Mechanical and Inorganic Finishes.- Where to Get More Information.- 5 Organic Coatings for Metals.- Organic Coating Materials.- Organic Coating Application.- Why Organic Coatings on Metals Fail.- Evidence of Failure in Organic Coatings on Metal.- Cleaningand Repairing Paint or Other Organic Coatings on Metals.- Applying Paint or Other Organic Coatings over Existing Surfaces.- Where to Get More Information.- 6 Design and Fabrication of Nonstructural Metal Items.- Typical Nonstructural Metal Items.- Materials.- Design and Control.- Fabrication.- Why Metal Fabrications Fail.- Where to Get More Information.- 7 Installation, Repair, and Cleaning of Nonstructural Metal Items.- Standards and Materials.- Fabrication.- Installing New Fabrications in New Buildings.- Why the Anchoring of Metal Fabrications Fails.- Repairing Existing Metal Fabrications.- Cleaning of Existing Metal Fabrications.- Installing New Fabrications in Existing Spaces.- Where to Get More Information.- Appendix: Data Sources.

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