ASTM STP 1107 Water in Exterior Building Walls: Problems and Solutions
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Schwartz, TA
This publication contains papers presented at the Water in Exterior Wall Systems: Problems and Solutions symposium held in October, 1990. The symposium was sponsored by ASTM Committee E-6 on Performance of Building Constructions.
Water provides energy and delivers essential services to our built environment. However, when water causes damage it becomes a liability rather than an asset. The papers presented in this STP explore both the problems associated with water in the exterior walls of buildings and the solutions to those problems.
Specific topics addressed by the papers in this collection include:
- cavity rain screen walls
- exterior wall design
- exterior wall construction
- watertight building walls
- diagnosing window leaks
- diagnosing curtain wall leaks
- water vapor behavior
- exterior insulation and finish systems (EIFS)
- in situ testing
- structural integrity
- heat transport
- moisture transport
- glass fiber slab
- model data
- field data
- psychometric monitoring
- sources of moisture
- tracing roof leaks
- tracing wall leaks
- sealant joint design
- prevention of water penetration
- computer simulation
Purchase this STP if you are an engineer or practitioner searching for a reference to use as a basis for finding solutions to the problems of water in exterior building walls and problem recognition.