Roofing Failures Book

	List of tables
	List of figures
	List of details
	List of haikus
	List of abbreviations
	Conversion factors
	Preface
Pt. 1	Introduction	1
1	A snapshot of the roofing industry in 2001	5
2	Low-sloped roofing systems and materials	10
3	Low-sloped roofing systems and materials (continued)	27
4	Structural decks and thermal insulation	38
5	Steep-sloped roofing systems	52
6	Flashing	66
7	What is failure?	84
8	Performance vs prescriptive specifications	94
Pt. 2	Case studies	99
9	The case of the leaking book warehouse	101
10	The case of the shattered slates	105
11	The case of the department store's splitting return	107
12	The case of the propriety products	109
13	The case of the splitting membrane	111
14	The case of the unacceptable design advice	113
15	The case of the skilled maintenance man	115
16	The case of the roof over the rare paper storage	117
17	The case of the wide spread flame	119
18	The case of the dissolving shakes	122
19	The case of the leaking gymnasium	124
20	The case of the flapping glass fiber felts	126
21	The case of the leaking condominiums	128
22	The case of the corroding foam	130
23	The case of the heavy glass fiber shingles	132
24	The case of the moving insulation	134
25	The case of the phantom deck movement	136
26	The case of the lightweight insulating concrete	138
27	The case of the shrinking insulation	140
28	The case of the gooey felts	142
29	The case of the ice castles	144
30	The case of the tile	146
31	The case of the skaters' cracks	148
32	The case of the phased felt plies	150
33	The cases of the fastener backouts	152
34	The case of the blistered shingles	154
35	The case of "1 + 1 = 4"	157
36	The case of the cold process roofing	159
37	The case of pressure sensitive adhesion	161
38	The case of the fire retardant plywood	163
39	The case of asphalt dispersion	165
40	The case of the liquid applied waterproofing	167
41	The case of the blistered airport roof	169
42	The case of pesky sea gulls	171
43	The case of the distant expansion joints	173
44	The case of the ill wind	176
45	The case of the improper waterproofing	178
46	The case of the poorly vented roof	180
47	The case of the missing facer adhesion	182
48	The case of the noisy roof	184
49	The case of the severe hail storm	186
50	What have we learned?	188
App. A	Roofing trade names	191
App. B	Roofing industry websites	235
App. C	Answers	239
App. D	Bibliography	246
	Index	249