xvii
17.3 Wood Wall Finishes. . . . . . . . . . . . 431
17.4 Wood Cornice Construction . . . . . . 432
17.5 Horizontal Wood Siding . . . . . . . . . 432
17.6 Vertical Siding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
17.7 Wood Shingles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
17.8 Plywood Siding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
17.9 Fiber-Cement Siding . . . . . . . . . . . 447
17.10 Vinyl Siding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
17.11 Stucco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
17.12 Exterior Insulation and Finish
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
17.13 Brick or Stone Veneer . . . . . . . . . . 465
17.14 Shutters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
Section 4
Finishing
Chapter 18
Thermal and Sound Insulation. .........475
18.1 Building Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
18.2 How Heat Is Transmitted. . . . . . . . 476
18.3 Thermal Insulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
18.4 Terminology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
18.5 Amount of Insulation. . . . . . . . . . . 480
18.6 Types of Insulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
18.7 Where to Insulate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
18.8 Vapor Barriers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
18.9 Ventilation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
18.10 Safety with Insulation. . . . . . . . . . . 491
18.11 Installing Batts and Blankets . . . . . 492
18.12 Installing Loose and Foamed
Insulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495
18.13 Installing Rigid Insulation. . . . . . . . 497
18.14 Insulating Basement Walls. . . . . . . 497
18.15 Stopping Air Infiltration. . . . . . . . . . 498
18.16 Estimating Thermal Insulation
Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499
18.17 Blower Door Testing. . . . . . . . . . . . 499
18.18 Acoustics and Sound Control. . . . . 500
18.19 Noise Reduction within a
Space. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506
18.20 How Acoustical Materials Work. . . . 506
14.15 Wood Shingles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
14.16 Wood Shakes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ⤀ 356
14.17 Roofing Tile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
14.18 Metal Roofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
14.19 Gutters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
14.20 Estimating Material. . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Chapter 15
Building Envelope and Control Layers ...373
15.1 Environmental Separation . . . . . . . 374
15.2 Water Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ⤀ 375
15.3 Air Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
15.4 Vapor Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ⤀ 381
15.5 Thermal Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
15.6 High-Performance Building
Envelopes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Chapter 16
Windows and Exterior Doors. ..........390
16.1 Manufacture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ⤀ 390
16.2 Parts of Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
16.3 Types of Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
16.4 Window Heights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
16.5 Energy Efficiency of Windows. . . . . 396
16.6 Screens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
16.7 Windows in Plan and Elevation
Drawings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
16.8 Window Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
16.9 Detail Drawings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
16.10 Jamb Extensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
16.11 Installing Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
16.12 Installing Fixed Units. . . . . . . . . . . 408
16.13 Glass Blocks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ⤀ 409
16.14 Replacing Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
16.15 Skylights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
15.16 Installing Bow and Bay Windows . . 413
16.17 Exterior Doors and Frames. . . . . . . . 414
16.18 Sliding Glass Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
16.19 Garage Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Chapter 17
Exterior Wall Finish. .................426
17.1 Cornice Designs and Terms. . . . . . 427
17.2 Wall Sheathing and Flashing. . . . . . 430
17.3 Wood Wall Finishes. . . . . . . . . . . . 431
17.4 Wood Cornice Construction . . . . . . 432
17.5 Horizontal Wood Siding . . . . . . . . . 432
17.6 Vertical Siding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
17.7 Wood Shingles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
17.8 Plywood Siding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
17.9 Fiber-Cement Siding . . . . . . . . . . . 447
17.10 Vinyl Siding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
17.11 Stucco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
17.12 Exterior Insulation and Finish
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
17.13 Brick or Stone Veneer . . . . . . . . . . 465
17.14 Shutters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
Section 4
Finishing
Chapter 18
Thermal and Sound Insulation. .........475
18.1 Building Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
18.2 How Heat Is Transmitted. . . . . . . . 476
18.3 Thermal Insulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
18.4 Terminology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
18.5 Amount of Insulation. . . . . . . . . . . 480
18.6 Types of Insulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
18.7 Where to Insulate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
18.8 Vapor Barriers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
18.9 Ventilation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
18.10 Safety with Insulation. . . . . . . . . . . 491
18.11 Installing Batts and Blankets . . . . . 492
18.12 Installing Loose and Foamed
Insulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495
18.13 Installing Rigid Insulation. . . . . . . . 497
18.14 Insulating Basement Walls. . . . . . . 497
18.15 Stopping Air Infiltration. . . . . . . . . . 498
18.16 Estimating Thermal Insulation
Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499
18.17 Blower Door Testing. . . . . . . . . . . . 499
18.18 Acoustics and Sound Control. . . . . 500
18.19 Noise Reduction within a
Space. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506
18.20 How Acoustical Materials Work. . . . 506
14.15 Wood Shingles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
14.16 Wood Shakes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ⤀ 356
14.17 Roofing Tile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
14.18 Metal Roofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
14.19 Gutters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
14.20 Estimating Material. . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Chapter 15
Building Envelope and Control Layers ...373
15.1 Environmental Separation . . . . . . . 374
15.2 Water Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ⤀ 375
15.3 Air Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
15.4 Vapor Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ⤀ 381
15.5 Thermal Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
15.6 High-Performance Building
Envelopes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Chapter 16
Windows and Exterior Doors. ..........390
16.1 Manufacture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ⤀ 390
16.2 Parts of Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
16.3 Types of Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
16.4 Window Heights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
16.5 Energy Efficiency of Windows. . . . . 396
16.6 Screens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
16.7 Windows in Plan and Elevation
Drawings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
16.8 Window Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
16.9 Detail Drawings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
16.10 Jamb Extensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
16.11 Installing Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
16.12 Installing Fixed Units. . . . . . . . . . . 408
16.13 Glass Blocks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ⤀ 409
16.14 Replacing Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
16.15 Skylights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
15.16 Installing Bow and Bay Windows . . 413
16.17 Exterior Doors and Frames. . . . . . . . 414
16.18 Sliding Glass Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
16.19 Garage Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Chapter 17
Exterior Wall Finish. .................426
17.1 Cornice Designs and Terms. . . . . . 427
17.2 Wall Sheathing and Flashing. . . . . . 430