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Best Practices Guide to Installing Interior Casework, Cabinets, Shelving
- Casework: Guide to Selecting Materials for Built-In Cabinets & Shelving
- Using Veneer-Core Plywood For Built-In Casework: Cabinets & Shelving
- Using MDF (Medium Density Fiberboard) For Built-In Casework: Cabinets & Shelving
- Guide to using Particleboard For Built-In Casework: Cabinets & Shelving
- Guide to using MDO (Medium Density Overlay) For Built-In Casework: Cabinets & Shelving
- Recommendations for Constructing Built-in Shelving
- Questions & Answers about building casework, cabinets, shelving - best practices guide
- References
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This article discusses choices of materials to use for building interior cabinets and shelving: casework, and describes best practices for building these components. This article series discusses and provides a best construction practices guide to the selection and installation of building interior surface materials, carpeting, doors, drywall, trim, flooring, lighting, plaster, materials, finishes, and sound control materials.
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Casework: Guide to Selecting Materials for Built-In Cabinets & Shelving
This article includes excerpts or adaptations from Best Practices Guide to Residential Construction, by Steven Bliss, courtesy of Wiley & Sons. Our page top photo shows site-built casework in a Poughkeepsie, NY home constructed in 1900 (DJF). Also see INTERIORS of buildings, our home page for information about all topics relating to building interiors.
As described in the book, Best Practices Guide to Residential Construction Chapter 5, Interior Finish:
For shelving, built-ins, and other casework, contractors
can choose from a wide array of panel products. The most
widely used are veneer-core plywood, MDF, and particleboard.
MDF and particleboard are available either unfinished
or with a wood veneer or melamine facing. Medium density
overlay (MDO) is a good option for cabinets
exposed to very high humidity or exterior uses.
Using Veneer-Core Plywood For Built-In Casework: Cabinets & Shelving
Cabinet-grade plywood typically
has five inner plies (more for better grades), plus the
face veneers, and in most cases uses phenol-formaldehyde
adhesive, which has negligible off-gassing. Plywood is
strong and dimensionally stable. For paint-grade cabinets,
birch plywood remains an excellent choice.
Baltic birch plywood
uses all birch for the inner plies, is free of voids, and
can be edge sanded, making it ideal for drawer sides and similar
applications. For stain-grade work, hardwood plywood
can be special ordered with matched veneers. Where screwing
into edges is required, 7-ply material is less likely to split.
Using MDF (Medium Density Fiberboard) For Built-In Casework: Cabinets & Shelving
Medium-density fiberboard is a fine composite
material made from fine wood fibers and resin, usually
urea-formaldehyde (see description on page 184). MDF is
available as both a paint-grade panel or faced with wood
veneer or melamine.
Because of its competitive pricing
and good workability, MDF is now the dominant panel
product in many markets. In paint-grade work, the edges
need to be sealed or banded due to high absorption of paint.
Concerns about off-gassing of formaldehyde could be a concern
to customers with allergies or chemical sensitivities.
However, if laminated on all faces with an impervious facing,
such as melamine, or finished with two or more coats
of varnish or an oil-based paint (or paint rated as a vapor
barrier) on all faces, the off-gassing will be minimized.
Guide to using Particleboard For Built-In Casework: Cabinets & Shelving
Particleboard is similar to MDF, but
with larger fibers, so it doesn’t machine to a crisp edge and
leaves a noticeable texture when painted. Also, edges and
corners are more prone to chipping than with MDF. Like
MDF, it off-gasses urea-formaldehyde. Sealing all surfaces
will minimize the problem.
Guide to using MDO (Medium Density Overlay) For Built-In Casework: Cabinets & Shelving
Medium-density overlay is an exterior grade plywood
with a durable resin-treated paper facing that takes
paint exceptionally well. It is widely used for sign making
as well as concrete forms. Though not typically used in
casework, it is an ideal material for cabinets that will be
exposed to extreme moisture or exposed to weather on
porches, patios, or other outdoor locations.
Recommendations for Constructing Built-in Shelving
Typical shelf spans for simple shelves sitting
on cleats at both ends are shown in Table 5-11 below.
These
assume a load of heavy books and minimal deflection,
although long-term deflection under a constant load may
be greater.
To stiffen shelving, it can be supported along the back edge or reinforced in front with solid-wood facing, glued and nailed in place.
For example, a 1 1/4-inch solid-wood apron along the front edge will increase the span for plywood shelving to about 36 inches. |
-- Adapted with permission from Best Practices Guide to Residential Construction.
Resources: Manufacturers, Industry Associations, & Sources of Indoor Wall Materials, Flooring, Carpeting, Lighting, Sound Control Materials
Drywall Trims and Accessories
Clinch-On Products, A Deitrich Metal Framing
Company
www.dietrichindustries.com
Nail-on and clinch-on galvanized metal corner beads
Con-Form International/Strait Flex
www.straitflex.com
Strait-Flex fiber-composite mud-on corner bead for
inside and outside off-90 degree angles
Drywall Systems International
www.no-coat.com
No-Coat prefinished drywall tapes for inside and outside
corners, off angles and bullnose trims
Flex-Ability Concepts
www.flexc.com
Curved metal top and bottom plates for curved wood or
metal stud walls
Grabber Construction Products
www.grabberman.com
Drywall screws, corner clips, and fiberglass mesh tapes
Insta Arch Corp.
www.instaarch.com
Galvanized steel preformed and custom arches for drywall
National Gypsum Co.
www.nationalgypsum.com
ProForm tapes and finishing compounds
Pla-Cor
www.pla-cor.com
ABS corner trims, bullnose, 3-way corner caps, and
flexible arches
Phillips Manufacturing Co.
www.phillipsmfg.com
Metal and vinyl corner beads, bullnose trim, and flexible
bullnose and angled arch trim
Trim-Tex
www.trim-tex.com
Vinyl drywall beads, flexible arch beads, and finishing
accessories
U.S. Gypsum
Beadex and Sheetrock-brand tape-on metal corner
beads and trims. Complete line of drywall finishing
compounds
Vinyl Corp., A Deitrich Metal
Framing Company
www.vinylcorp.com
Full line of vinyl beads and trim
Prefinished Wood Flooring
Alloc Inc.
www.alloc.com
Snap-together, no-glue long-strip and single-strip
laminated flooring
Anderson Hardwood Floors
www.andersonfloors.com
Laminated strip, nail, glue, and floating
Armstrong World Industries
www.armstrong.com
Bruce, Hartco, and Robbins prefinished plank and
engineered strip
BHK of America
www.bhkuniclic.com
Snap-together, no-glue laminated wood flooring
Columbia Wood Flooring
www.columbiaflooring.com
Prefinished solid strip
Duro-Design
www.duro-design.com
Floating click-lock oak flooring
Gammapar
www.gammapar.com
Engineered wood strip with oil, UV-cured urethane,
or acrylic-impregnated finish
Junkers Hardwood
www.junkershardwood.com
Floating solid strip with metal clip installation
Kahrs
www.kahrs.com
Laminated strip with UV-cured acrylic urethane,
nail, glue, or floating
Lauzon
www.lauzonltd.com
Prefinished strip, laminated strip, and click-lock
laminated plank
Mannington Mills
www.mannington.com
Laminated strip and plank with polyurethane and
aluminum-oxide finish
Medallion Hardwood Flooring
www.medallionhardwood.com
Prefinished solid hardwood strip and plank with
aluminum-oxide finish
Tarkett Wood Floors
www.harris-tarkett.com
Prefinished solid hardwood, laminated, and long-strip
flooring
MercierWood Flooring
www.mercierdurable.com
Prefinished solid strip and laminated strip with
aluminum-oxide finish
PermaGrain Hardwood Flooring
www.permagrain.com
Acrylic-impregnated laminated strip and plank
Zickgraf Hardwood Flooring
www.zickgraf.com
Prefinished solid strip with UV-cured urethane with
diamond and aluminum oxide
Bamboo Flooring Producers & Sources
Bamtex (a division of Wood Flooring International)
www.bamtex.com
Laminated bamboo and palm flooring
Duro-Design
www.duro-design.com
Laminated bamboo flooring with durable water-based
finish
Gammapar
www.gammapar.com
Acrylic-impregnated bamboo flooring
Hawa Bamboo Flooring
www.hawabamboo.com
Prefinished bamboo flooring with aluminum-oxide finish
Natural Cork
www.naturalcork.com
Prefinished glue-down or nail-down 3-ply bamboo planks
with aluminum-oxide finish
Resilient Flooring Manufacturers List
Congoleum
www.congoleum.com
Vinyl sheet flooring and tiles
Domco (division of Domco Tarkett Group)
www.domco.com
Vinyl sheet flooring and tiles
Forbo
www.forbo-flooring.com
Linoleum sheet and tiles
Mannington Mills
www.mannington.com
Vinyl sheet flooring and tiles
Nova Distinctive Floors
www.novafloorings.com
Laminated linoleum surface over fiberboard and cork
planks, floating installation
Tarkett
www.tarkettna.com
Vinyl sheet flooring and tiles
Cork Flooring Manufacturers & Sources
American Cork Products Co.
www.amcork.com
Prefinished parquet tiles and floating floor planks
Amorim Revestimentos (formerly Ipocork)
www.wicanders.com
Floating or glue-down laminated cork tiles with
UV-acrylic or oil finish
BHK of America
www.bhkuniclic.com
Snap-together, no-glue, laminated cork flooring with
UV-acrylic finish
Expanko Cork Inc.
www.expanko.com
Cork tiles with wax or polyurethane finish
Korq Inc.
(212) 758-2593
Natural Cork
www.naturalcork.com
Glue-down cork tiles and floating laminated planks with
UV-cured acrylic finish
Nova Distinctive Floors
www.novafloorings.com
Laminated cork planks with glue-down and floating
click-lock installation
WECork
www.wecork.com
Cork tiles, sheets, and floating floors
Polymer (Urethane), MDF, and Vinyl Trim Producers & Sources
Burton Mouldings
www.burton-mouldings.com
MDF(medium-density fiberboard), polymer, flex, and wood
Fypon
www.fypon.com
Polymer moldings and components
Nu-Wood
www.nu-wood.com
Polymer moldings and components
Outwater Plastics
www.outwater.com
Polymer moldings and components
RAS Industries
www.rasindustries.com
Polymer moldings and components
Royal Mouldings (formerly Marley Mouldings)
www.royalmouldings.com
Polymer, polystyrene, expanded-PVC, CPVC, and acrylic
molding profiles and components
Flexible Trim Manufacturers & Sources
Flex Trim
www.flextrim.com
Flexible polymer moldings
Resin Art
www.resinart.com
Flexible polymer moldings
Industry & Trade Associations for Carpeting, Lighting, Finishes, Wood Products, Flooring, Painting & Decorating
American Lighting Association
www.americanlightingassoc.com
Association of the Wall and Ceiling Industries
www.awci.org
Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI)
www.carpet-rug.org
Drywall Finishing Council
www.dwfc.org
Forest Stewardship Program
www.fscus.org
FloorFacts
www.floorfacts.com
The Gypsum Association
www.gypsum.org
National Oak Flooring Manufacturers Association
(NOFMA)
www.nofma.com
National Wood Flooring Association
www.woodfloors.org
Painting and Decorating Contractors of America
www.pdca.org
Smartwood/Rainforest Alliance
www.smartwood.org
-- Adapted with permission from Best Practices Guide to Residential Construction.
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- Best Practices Guide to Residential Construction, by Steven Bliss. John Wiley & Sons, 2006. ISBN-10: 0471648361, ISBN-13: 978-0471648369, Hardcover: 320 pages, available from Amazon.com and also Wiley.com. See our book review of this publication.
- Steve Bliss's Building Advisor at buildingadvisor.com helps homeowners & contractors plan & complete successful building & remodeling projects: buying land, site work, building design, cost estimating, materials & components, & project management through complete construction. Email: info@buildingadvisor.com
Steven Bliss served as editorial director and co-publisher of The Journal of Light Construction for 16 years and previously as building technology editor for Progressive Builder and Solar Age magazines. He worked in the building trades as a carpenter and design/build contractor for more than ten years and holds a masters degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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- "The Elimination of Unsafe Guardrails, a Progress Report," Elliott O. Stephenson, Building Standards, March-April 1993
- "Are Functional Handrails Within Our Grasp" Jake Pauls, Building Standards, January-February 1991
- Access Ramp building codes:
- UBC 1003.3.4.3
- BOCA 1016.3
- ADA 4.8.2
- IBC 1010.2
- Access Ramp Standards:
- ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), Public Law 101-336. 7/26/90 is very often cited by other sources for good design of stairs and ramps etc. even where disabled individuals are not the design target.
- ANSI A117.4 Accessible and Usable buildings and Facilities (earlier version was incorporated into the ADA)
- ASTM F 1637, Standard Practice for Safe Walking Surfaces, (Similar to the above standards)
- America's Favorite Homes, mail-order catalogues as a guide to popular early 20th-century houses, Robert Schweitzer, Michael W.R. Davis, 1990, Wayne State University Press ISBN 0814320066 (may be available from Wayne State University Press)
- American Plywood Association, APA, "Portland Manufacturing Company, No. 1, a series of monographs on the history of plywood manufacturing",Plywood Pioneers Association, 31 March, 1967, www.apawood.org
- Animal Allergens: Dog, Cat, and Other Animal Dander - Cleanup & Prevention Information for Asthmatics and regarding Indoor Air Quality.
- Asbestos: How to find and recognize asbestos in buildings - visual inspection methods, list of common asbestos-containing materials
- Asbestos HVAC Ducts and Flues field identification photos and guide
- Asbestos products and their history and use in various building materials such as asphalt and vinyl flooring includes discussion which draws on Asbestos, Its Industrial Applications, D.V. Rosato, engineering consultant, Newton, MA, Reinhold Publishing, 1959 Library of Congress Catalog Card No.: 59-12535 (out of print).
- Asbestos Identification and Testing References
- Asbestos Identification, Walter C.McCrone, McCrone Research Institute, Chicago, IL.1987 ISBN 0-904962-11-3. Dr. McCrone literally "wrote the book" on asbestos identification procedures which formed
the basis for current work by asbestos identification laboratories.
- Stanton, .F., et al., National Bureau of Standards Special Publication 506: 143-151
- Pott, F., Staub-Reinhalf Luft 38, 486-490 (1978) cited by McCrone
- ASHRAE resource on dew point and wall condensation - see the ASHRAE Fundamentals Handbook, available in many libraries. The following three ASHRAE Handbooks are also available at the InspectAPedia bookstore in the third page of our Insulate-Ventilate section:
- 2005 ASHRAE Handbook : Fundamentals : Inch-Pound Edition (2005 ASHRAE HANDBOOK : Fundamentals : I-P Edition) (Hardcover), Thomas H. Kuehn (Contributor), R. J. Couvillion (Contributor), John W. Coleman (Contributor), Narasipur Suryanarayana (Contributor), Zahid Ayub (Contributor), Robert Parsons (Author), ISBN-10: 1931862702 or ISBN-13: 978-1931862707
- 2004 ASHRAE Handbook : Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning: Systems and Equipment : Inch-Pound Edition (2004 ASHRAE Handbook : HVAC Systems and Equipment : I-P Edition) (Hardcover)
by American Society of Heating, ISBN-10: 1931862478 or ISBN-13: 978-1931862479
"2004 ASHRAE Handbook - HVAC Systems and Equipment The 2004 ASHRAE HandbookHVAC Systems and Equipment discusses various common systems and the equipment (components or assemblies) that comprise them, and describes features and differences. This information helps system designers and operators in selecting and using equipment. Major sections include Air-Conditioning and Heating Systems (chapters on system analysis and selection, air distribution, in-room terminal systems, centralized and decentralized systems, heat pumps, panel heating and cooling, cogeneration and engine-driven systems, heat recovery, steam and hydronic systems, district systems, small forced-air systems, infrared radiant heating, and water heating); Air-Handling Equipment (chapters on duct construction, air distribution, fans, coils, evaporative air-coolers, humidifiers, mechanical and desiccant dehumidification, air cleaners, industrial gas cleaning and air pollution control); Heating Equipment (chapters on automatic fuel-burning equipment, boilers, furnaces, in-space heaters, chimneys and flue vent systems, unit heaters, makeup air units, radiators, and solar equipment); General Components (chapters on compressors, condensers, cooling towers, liquid coolers, liquid-chilling systems, centrifugal pumps, motors and drives, pipes and fittings, valves, heat exchangers, and energy recovery equipment); and Unitary Equipment (chapters on air conditioners and heat pumps, room air conditioners and packaged terminal equipment, and a new chapter on mechanical dehumidifiers and heat pipes)."
- 1996 Ashrae Handbook Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning Systems and Equipment: Inch-Pound Edition (Hardcover), ISBN-10: 1883413346 or ISBN-13: 978-1883413347 ,
"The 1996 HVAC Systems and Equipment Handbook is the result of ASHRAE's continuing effort to update, expand and reorganize the Handbook Series. Over a third of the book has been revised and augmented with new chapters on hydronic heating and cooling systems design; fans; unit ventilator; unit heaters; and makeup air units. Extensive changes have been added to chapters on panel heating and cooling; cogeneration systems and engine and turbine drives; applied heat pump and heat recovery systems; humidifiers; desiccant dehumidification and pressure drying equipment, air-heating coils; chimney, gas vent, fireplace systems; cooling towers; centrifugal pumps; and air-to-air energy recovery. Separate I-P and SI editions."
- Principles of Heating, Ventilating, And Air Conditioning: A textbook with Design Data Based on 2005 AShrae Handbook - Fundamentals (Hardcover), Harry J., Jr. Sauer (Author), Ronald H. Howell, ISBN-10: 1931862923 or ISBN-13: 978-1931862929
- 1993 ASHRAE Handbook Fundamentals (Hardcover), ISBN-10: 0910110964 or ISBN-13: 978-091011096
- Best Practices Guide to Residential Construction, by Steven Bliss. John Wiley & Sons, 2006. ISBN-10: 0471648361, ISBN-13: 978-0471648369, Hardcover: 320 pages, available from Amazon.com and also Wiley.com. See our book review of this publication.
- Decks and Porches, the JLC Guide to, Best Practices for Outdoor Spaces, Steve Bliss (Editor), The Journal of Light Construction, Williston VT, 2010 ISBN 10: 1-928580-42-4, ISBN 13: 978-1-928580-42-3, available from Amazon.com
- Brick nogging used as soundproofing is mentioned in this article on Popular Forest
- Brick Nogging, Historical Investigation and Contemporary Repair, Construction Specifier, April 2006. Historical use of brick in timber-framed buildings, drawing on the investigations of the Kent Tavern in Calais, VT.
"Brick nogging is a European method of construction which was brought to the new world in the early-nineteenth century. It was a common construction method that employed masonry as infill between the vertical uprights of wood framing." -- quoting the web article review.
- Photo of very rough in-wall brick nogging at an architects website
- Building Research Council, BRC, nee Small Homes Council, SHC, School of Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, brc.arch.uiuc.edu. "The Small Homes Council (our original name) was organized in 1944 during the war at the request of the President of the University of Illinois to consider the role of the university in meeting the demand for housing in the United States. Soldiers would be coming home after the war and would be needing good low-cost housing. ... In 1993, the Council became part of the School of Architecture, and since then has been known as the School of Architecture-Building Research Council. ... The Council's researchers answered many critical questions that would affect the quality of the nation's housing stock.
- How could homes be designed and built more efficiently?
- What kinds of construction and production techniques worked well and which did not?
- How did people use different kinds of spaces in their homes?
- What roles did community planning, zoning, and interior design play in how neighborhoods worked
- The Circular Staircase, Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Construction Drawings and Details, Rosemary Kilmer
- "An Example of Colonial Paneling", Norman Morrison Isham, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Vol. 6, No. 5 (May, 1911), pp. 112-116, available by JSTOR.
- Dust from the World Trade Center collapse following the 9/11/01 attack: the lower floors of this building contained spray-on fire-proofing asbestos materials.
- Energy Savers: Whole House Systems Approach to Energy Efficient Home Design [copy on file as /interiors/Whole_House_Energy_Efficiency_DOE.pdf ] - U.S. Department of Energy
- "Energy Savers: Whole-House Supply Ventilation Systems [copy on file as /interiors/Energy_Savers_Whole-House_Supply_Vent.pdf ] - ", U.S. Department of Energy energysavers.gov/your_home/insulation_airsealing/index.cfm/mytopic=11880?print
- "Energy Savers: Whole-House Exhaust Ventilation Systems [copy on file as /interiors/Energy_Savers_Whole-House_Exhaust.pdf ] - ", U.S. Department of Energy energysavers.gov/your_home/insulation_airsealing/index.cfm/mytopic=11870
- "Energy Savers: Ventilation [copy on file as /interiors/Energy_Savers_Ventilation.pdf ] - ", U.S. Department of Energy
- "Energy Savers: Natural Ventilation [copy on file as /interiors/Energy_Savers_Natural_Ventilation.pdf ] - ", U.S. Department of Energy
- "Energy Savers: Energy Recovery Ventilation Systems [copy on file as /interiors/Energy_Savers_Energy_Recovery_Venting.pdf ] - ", U.S. Department of Energy energysavers.gov/your_home/insulation_airsealing/index.cfm/mytopic=11900
- "Energy Savers: Detecting Air Leaks [copy on file as /interiors/Energy_Savers_Detect_Air_Leaks.pdf ] - ", U.S. Department of Energy
- "Energy Savers: Air Sealing [copy on file as /interiors/Energy_Savers_Air_Sealing_1.pdf ] - ", U.S. Department of Energy
- Falls and Related Injuries: Slips, Trips, Missteps, and Their Consequences, Lawyers & Judges Publishing, (June 2002), ISBN-10: 0913875430 ISBN-13: 978-0913875438
"Falls in the home and public places are the second leading cause of unintentional injury deaths in the United States, but are overlooked in most literature. This book is unique in that it is entirely devoted to falls. Of use to primary care physicians, nurses, insurance adjusters, architects, writers of building codes, attorneys, or anyone who cares for the elderly, this book will tell you how, why, and when people will likely fall, what most likely will be injured, and how such injuries come about. "
- Fiberglass: Indoor Air Quality Investigations: Health Concerns About Airborne Fiberglass: Fiberglass in Indoor Air from HVAC ducts, and Building Insulation
- Gypsum Construction Guide, National Gypsum Corporation
- Gypsum
Construction Handbook [purchase at Amazon.com] H17, Technical
Folder SA920 and PM2, PM3 and PM4, United States Gypsum Company, 125 South Franklin ST., PO Box 806278, Chicago, IL 60680-4124,
- Humidity: What indoor humidity should we maintain in order to avoid a mold problem?
- Ice Dam Leaks in building attics and roof cavities, how to inspect for evidence of leaks, identify causes, and correct bad attic ventilation, improper roof venting, and these causes of attic mold or roof structure damage
- "Insulation: Adding Insulation to an Existing Home [copy on file as /interiors/Insulation_Adding_DOE.pdf ] - ," U.S. Department of Energy - tips on how to do your own check for the presence of absence of insulation in a home
- Insulation: Selecting Insulation for New Home Construction [copy on file as /interiors/New_Home_Insulation_DOE.pdf ] - , U.S. Department of Energy -
"Your state and local building codes probably include minimum insulation requirements, but to build an energy-efficient home, you may need or want to exceed them. For maximum energy efficiency, you should also consider the interaction between the insulation and other building components. This is called the
"whole-house systems design approach" [copy on file as /interiors/Whole_House_Energy_Efficiency_DOE.pdf ] -
- Insulation Types [copy on file as /interiors/Insulation_Types_DOE.pdf ] - , table of common building insulation properties from U.S. DOE. Readers should see INSULATION R-Values & Properties our own table of insulation properties that includes links to articles describing each insulation material in more detail.
- Lath & Plaster Systems [copy on file as /interiors/LathPlaster_Nat_Gypsum.pdf ] - , 092300/NGC, National Gypsum Lath and Plaster Systems, National Gypsum Corporation, 800-628-4662 describing National Gypsum's Kal-Kore brand plaster base
- Lighting, proper use of: proper aiming of a good flashlight can disclose hard to see but toxic light or white mold colonies on walls.
- Metal Lath Specifications, Specification for metal lath and accessories, Lath and Plaster [copy on file as/interiors/Amico_lath-inside.pdf ] - from Amico, a lath and plaster accessory producer.
- Mobile Home Inspections common defects unique to factory built housing, inspection methods
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST (nee National Bureau of Standards NBS) is a US government agency - see www.nist.gov
- "A Parametric Study of Wall Moisture Contents Using a Revised Variable Indoor Relative Humidity Version of the "Moist" Transient Heat and Moisture Transfer Model [copy on file as/interiors/MOIST_Model_NIST_b95074.pdf ] - ", George Tsongas, Doug Burch, Carolyn Roos, Malcom Cunningham; this paper describes software and the prediction of wall moisture contents. - PDF Document from NIS
- Nogging: See this photo of exposed bricks on a building exterior on a building exterior in Canada. [Thanks to Carson Dunlop, Toronto - see References below].
- Pergo AB, division of Perstorp AB, is a Swedish manufacturer or modern laminate flooring products. Information about the U.S. company can be found at http://www.pergo.com where we obtained historical data used in our discussion of the age of flooring materials in buildings.
- Piquet Wall Construction: See this photo of
piquet wall construction - involving timber-framed wall construction with long top girts, diagonal timber bracing, and small diameter logs
placed vertically along with concrete chinking to fill in the wall plane.
- Plank House Construction: weblog from plankhouse.wordpress.com/2009/01/25/plank-house-construction/ and where plank houses were built by native Americans, see
Large 1:6 Scale Plank House Construction / P8094228,
Photographer: Mike Meuser
06/12/2007 documented at yurokplankhouse.com where scale model Museum quality Yurok Plank Houses are being sold to raise money for the Blue Creek - Ah Pah Traditional Yurok Village project.
- Plastering, PM 5, Product & Systems Technology, US Gypsum, May 1998, web search 10.5.2010, original source: http://www.usg.com/rc/technical-articles/plaster/
[copy on file as/interiors/Plastering_USG.pdf ] -
plastering-technical-guide-veneer-plaster-joint-reinforcement-systems-en-PM5.pdf
United States Gypsum Company, 125 South Franklin ST., PO Box 806278, Chicago, IL 60680-4124,
Paraphrasing from this document: USG uses the term shadowing in this document in describing the visual effect over gypsum board joints caused by the lower moisture absorption rate (take-up) and lower capacity than gypsum base face paper. Shadowing at joints occurs where veneer plaster is applied over tape joints, requiring a second coat to completely hide the tape, providing a visually uniform surface. USG Advises: "This [second] cover coat must be allowed to harden and dry before plaster application is started.
- Plastering Skills, F. Van Den Branden, Thomas L. Hartsell, Amer Technical Pub (July 1, 1985), ISBN-10: 0826906575, ISBN-13: 978-0826906571 [purchase at Amazon.com]
- Re-Bath, tub lining products is a bath tub relining manufacturer and distributor located in Tempe, Arizona - see rebath.com
- Rubblestone Wall Filler: See this Lartigue House using exterior-exposed rubblestone filler between vertical timbers of a post and beam-framed Canadian building.
- Slips, Trips, Missteps and Their Consequences, Second Edition, Gary M. Bakken, H. Harvey Cohen,A. S. Hyde, Jon R. Abele, ISBN-13: 978-1-933264-01-1 or
ISBN 10: 1-933264-01-2,
available from the publisher, Lawyers ^ Judges Publishing Company,Inc., www.lawyersandjudges.com sales@lawyersandjudges.com and also from the InspectAPedia Bookstore (Amazon.com)
- The Stairway Manufacturers' Association, (877) 500-5759, provides a pictorial guide to the stair and railing portion of the International Residential Code. [copy on file as http://www.stairways.org/pdf/2006%20Stair%20IRC%20SCREEN.pdf ] -
- What Mold and Allergens Look Like: mold identification photos to help identify mold - choosing what to sample in buildings
- How to Clean Moldy Wood Framing & Sheathing How to clean/seal mold from/on exposed lumber or plywood subfloor or roof sheathing indoors - some suggestions based on our field and laboratory research
- Lighting, proper use of: proper aiming of a good flashlight can disclose hard to see but toxic light or white mold colonies on walls.
- Manufactured & Modular Homes: Modular Building Systems Association, MBSA, modularhousing.com, is a trade association promoting and providing links to contact modular builders in North America. Also see the Manufactured Home Owners Association, MHOAA, at www.mhoaa.us. The Manufactured Home Owners Association of America is a National Organization dedicated to the protection of the rights of all people living in Manufactured Housing in the United States.
- Mold spores in the Home - a Photo ID Library for detection and identification of mold allergens.
- How to Find and Test For Mold in buildings A "how to" photo and text primer on finding and choosing the right spots to test for mold in buildings
- Stuff that is not mold but is often mistaken for it - things you may not want to test. Also, not all "black mold" is toxic - here are examples of harmless black mold.
- Simple Adhesive Tape Sampling of Moldy Surfaces - how to send a mold sample to our lab
- Mold Sampling Methods in the Indoor Environment - In-depth article: detailed critique of popular mold testing methods - Is your mold test kit worth the bother?
- Mold-Resistant Building Practices, advice from an expert on how to prevent mold after a building flood and how to prevent mold growth in buildings by selection of building materials and by anti-mold construction details.
- Slips, Trips, Missteps and Their Consequences, Gary M. Bakken, H. Harvey Cohen, Jon R. Abele, Alvin S. Hyde, Cindy A. LaRue, Lawyers and Judges Publishing; ISBN-10: 1933264012 ISBN-13: 978-1933264011
- Slips, Trips, Missteps and Their Consequences, Second Edition, Gary M. Bakken, H. Harvey Cohen,A. S. Hyde, Jon R. Abele, ISBN-13: 978-1-933264-01-1 or ISBN 10: 1-933264-01-2, available from the publisher, Lawyers & Judges Publishing Company,Inc., www.lawyersandjudges.com sales@lawyersandjudges.com and also from the InspectAPedia Bookstore (Amazon.com)
- Steps and Stairways, Cleo Baldon & Ib Melchior, Rizzoli, 1989.
- The Staircase, Ann Rinaldi
- Common Sense Stairbuilding and Handrailing, Fred T. Hodgson
- The Art of Staircases, Pilar Chueca
- Building Stairs, by pros for pros, Andy Engel
- A Simplified Guide to Custom Stairbuilding, George R. Christina
- Basic Stairbuilding, Scott Schuttner
- The Staircase (two volumes), John Templar, Cambridge: the MIT Press, 1992
- The Staircase: History and Theories, John Templar, MIT Press 1995
- Steps and Stairways, Cleo Baldon & Ib Melchior, Rizzoli, 1989.
- "The Dimensions of Stairs", J. M. Fitch et al., Scientific American, October 1974.
- "The Elimination of Unsafe Guardrails, a Progress Report," Elliott O. Stephenson, Building Standards, March-April 1993
- "Are Functional Handrails Within Our Grasp" Jake Pauls, Building Standards, January-February 1991
- "Weather-Resistive Barriers [copy on file as /interiors/Weather_Resistant_Barriers_DOE.pdf ] - ", how to select and install housewrap and other types of weather resistive barriers, U.S. DOE
- Weaver: Beaver Board and Upson Board:
Beaver Board and Upson Board: History and Conservation of Early Wallboard, Shelby Weaver,
APT Bulletin, Vol. 28, No. 2/3 (1997), pp. 71-78, Association for Preservation Technology International (APT), available online at JSTOR.
- What Style Is It?: A Guide to American Architecture, Rev., John C. Poppeliers, S. Allen Chambers, Wiley; Rev Sub edition (October 6, 2003), ISBN-10: 0471250368, ISBN-13: 978-0471250364
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