renovation, repair, maintenance

"The renovation industry accounts for a volume of $24 billion per year in Canada ($6 billion in Quebec) often deploying measures that may lead to moisture damage of the envelope. "

Links:

Timber house maintenance schedule:

Tools to Know for Home Diagnostics

PhiladelphiaGreenGuidelines

HUD's Energy Efficient Rehab Advisor

"Developed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, this Web site will help you to successfully integrate energy efficiency into your rehab project."




Parliament Buildings restoration, Canada

"renovations that will preserve and enhance the beauty and safety of these national treasures"




Pathology of building envelopes

Pathology of building envelopes: restoration and durability of masonry construction: resources and bibliography

consumer guide

A Better Way to Renovate, by CMHC, 1998

check list before renovation by CMHC

Before You Renovate, by CMHC, 1998

contractor guide to renovation by CMHC

Building Solutions: A Problem Solving Guide for Builders and Renovators, by SCHL, 1998

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Control of exposure to airborne viable microorganisms during remediation of moldy buildings; report of three case studies, by Rautiala, S., Reponen, T., Nevalainen, A., Husman, T. and Kalliokoski, P., 1998

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Coupled heat, air and moisture transfer - the base of the durability of facade repair systems, by Haeulp, P., Neue, J. and Fechner, H., 1997

EIFS

Long-Term field monitoring of an EIFS clad wall, by Sa?d, M. N. A., Brown, W. C. and Walker, I. S., 1997

moisture damaged school

Microbial exposure and health in schools - effects of moisture damage and renovation, by Meklin, T., 2002

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Remediating high moisture levels in the wall cavities of preserved wood foundations, by Onysko, D., Rijn, G. V., Gates, D. and Fugler, D., 2005

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Repair method for common water leaks at operable windows and sliding glass doors, by Beers, P. E. and Smith, W. D., 1998

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Residential remodeling reports, Moisture Moisture Protection Protection of Wood of Wood Sheathing , by NAHB, 2001

historic timber roof

The problem of the durability of materials used in the rehabilitation of historic timber roofs- rehabilitation of historic timber roofs, by Cestari, C. B. and S. Cravero And S. C. C. Lombardi, 1999

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Water leakage through building facades, by Kudder, R.J. and Erdly, J. L. (Eds.), 1998