At present there are a myriad of changes being proposed for the ASTM Standards that govern stucco in the Florida Building Code. There are two basic types of changes that are undertaken, editorial and content, and by far the most common are editorial.
Because EIFS are a jointless type of wall cladding that can be installed over a huge wall area without joints at all, it’s clear that the only way for water to get behind the EIFS is somewhere at the edge of the EIFS. This penetration is most often at windows, openings and flashings.
A quarter of a century ago, during a typically frigid winter on the Maine coast, two partially completed structures weathered the storms and icy temperatures quite well.
On January 26, hundreds of interested parties from around the nation called in to hear the presenters of the Webinar “Continuous Insulation: Plaster & the Energy Code” speak about the increased use of continuous insulation and how to make cement plaster (stucco) work with the upcoming energy code requirements.
Showers in group settings, such as fitness clubs and college residences, are subject to much more demanding conditions than a typical residential shower. These conditions must be understood and accounted for when the shower area is being built.
Leaking windows are one of the most frequent callback issues in the building industry. They leave many contractors feeling like the old sailor in “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” when he cried, “Water, water everywhere!”
“Glass Mat” products have proven over the years to be a superior exterior sheathing product. Building on that success and responding to the demands from the architectural community to provide an interior gypsum product that is impervious to the effects of moisture, mold and mildew, glass mat products have now been developed for interior use.
If the heart of the environmental movement is conservation and recycling, recent projects undertaken by Duke Energy and its partners should have green activists thrilled to their core.
The preceding is the beginning of a song performed by Styx that was a hit in the ’80s. It describes the trials and tribulations that many people faced during that time by misusing a certain illegal white substance.
Have you been around long enough to see the changes in construction? Remember when general contractors actually knew how to organize and schedule a project to actually run efficiently and not just a lot of talk about production?
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