Roofing Failures - Hardcover

"Roofing Failures by Carl G. Cash is the perfect training tool." - Robert G. Kuhn, CCS

Looking for a great way to introduce roofing failure problems to the rising consultant? To expose him or her to other's failures and provide information that will boost his worth to the client, the firm's reputation, and its profitability?

The first half of Cash's book describes various components of roofing systems followed by questions to test the reader's knowledge of roofing components and the industry. The second half provides case studies describing premature roof failures. With each situation, the author presents the events leading up to the failure and the actions taken to investigate the concern. At the conclusion of each study, Cash outlines follow-up questions and then, in an appendix, gives his final analysis for each case.

This excellent addition to a firm's training library includes a helpful appendix of roofing trade product names, roofing industry websites, a bibliography, and graphs and drawings.

A summary by the publisher:
Roofs fail for a number of different reasons, and the consequent cost are high - not only for clients, but for contractors and other professionals. Carl Cash draws from a long career in the roofing industry, having analyzed 1500 cases of roof failure. He discusses the source of the problem, the steps needed to prevent recurrence, and the principal remediation alternatives.

The book starts by setting out the duties of a building pathologist in the context of the modern roofing industry, defining failure and explaining its underlying causes. The main chapters then deal with the core specific types of failure: fire, shrinkage, roofing system displacement, calendar shrinkage, foam insulation shrinkage and stretched membranes, plasticizer migration, bitumen incompatibility, built-up roofing felt porosity, blistering, torch application, polymer dispersion, asphalt-glass fiber shingle splitting, lack of appropriate venting, problems with cool roofing, and problems with organic-fiber portland cement shingles.

The book concludes with an outline of the principal rules for long service roofing.

Author
Carl G. Cash

- 272 pages Hardcover - 45 graphs and drawings - Roofing trade name appendix