This subject came up in a conversation with a friend of mine who runs a sizable plumbing service company. This article will share the issues we discussed.
Last month, we saw how sheathing is used as a multi-purpose building material and discussed the environmental concerns-past and present-for the manufacture of two of the most widely used residential sheathing materials: plywood and OSB. This month, we'll continue the series with a look at the bigger picture, where wood-based sheathing (plywood and OSB) and the environment are concerned.
I get a lot of calls people that are not actually in the construction industry but involved with buildings, such as homeowners and realtors. They are looking for basic information about how EIFS is installed. My first response is to make sure they know which EIFS producer's product they are having installed and be familiar with the manufacturer's printed instructions and code approvals.
I have just returned from four very hot days in Rancho Mirage, Calif., where I attended the Northwest Wall & Ceiling Bureau's Annual Convention. The NWCB's staff-Bob, Mark, Tiina and Angela-really put on a great show in terms of scheduling and production for the 613 attendees. Although they have help from the sponsors, it really comes down to their hard work to put on a great show. Those contractors in the northwest are lucky to have a bureau such as them.
Carrying some tough measures, such as allowing police to ask for legal documentation at any time from anyone they please, this bill has some far-reaching consequences-the largest of which might be psychological. Members of your present workforce will walk around with compounded levels of fear, as if this is not already an issue. Will the new proposed fences to be built on the border as part of this Bill hold back a future group of immigrants? It is doubtful, to be sure.
The old Patent Office Building located in Washington D.C., has served our country since July 4, 1836. It is the third oldest federal building still in use in our nation's Capitol and as its name suggests, the building was originally the home of the U.S. Patent Office and invention exhibit. Said to be one of the largest examples of Greek Revival architecture in the United States, this historic structure survived two fires and was saved from the wrecking ball by an act of Congress. It was given to the Smithsonian Institute in 1968, serving as the National Portrait Gallery and American Art Museum.
The lowest of the lowbrows are people taken by the transparent Internet con games. By now everyone with an e-mail address has been contacted by an African of supposedly royal heritage willing to cut you in on millions of ill-gotten dollars if only you will assist in getting the moolah out of the country. A variation on the theme has an alleged lawyer searching for a living relative of someone with your last name who was tragically killed in a car accident leaving lots of money behind. Or you've been notified of winning a foreign lottery that you never knew existed.
Gypsum wallboard or "drywall" has become the preferred surface material used in the construction of interior walls and partitions. In residential construction, gypsum wallboard is also the preferred material for interior ceiling surfaces. Now that this material is so commonly used and surrounds us in our daily lives, we tend to think of it in terms of a plain, flat, bland surface over which a neutral colored paint or nondescript wallcovering is applied.
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