Wood frame envelopes : best practice guide: building technology : NH15-296/1999E

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This best practice guide offers professional builders, such as architects and engineers, affordable designs and recommendations and detailed information on using this building technology in Canada. The guide looks at wood in construction, heat transfer, moisture transfer and control, and dimensional change. The guide presents 32 details that show wall assemblies, window openings, cantilevered floors, balconies, wheelchair ramps, and party and fire walls. It then discusses specifications, quality control, and maintenance and repair. A set of CAD drawings on a CD-ROM, in DWG and DXF format, also accompany the guide

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
Title Wood frame envelopes : best practice guide: building technology
Publication type Monograph
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Paper
Other formats Electronic-[English]
Publishing information Ottawa - Ontario : Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation 2001.
Binding Binder
Description 120p. in various pagings. : illus., references ; 30 cm. + 1 CD-ROM under the same title.
ISBN 0-660-17716-1
Catalogue number
  • NH15-296/1999E
Subject terms Buildings
Construction industry
Materials technology
Wood
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