cladding, siding, veneer

Cladding: Masonry, Stucco, EIFS, vinyl siding, woodboard siding.

A description by Technical Preservation Guidance
"Historic cladding materials are highly visible and significant features of a building's exterior. Different materials such as clapboard, shingles, pressed metal, stucco and tile were used in various historic periods, and in many cases relate specifically to a particular style. .. Periodic inspections should be made to assess the condition of the cladding, and any necessary repairs undertaken immediately. Any work should be carefully planned to have the least physical impact on cladding materials. Any cleaning should be undertaken using careful, non-abrasive techniques. High pressure blasting, using either water or abrasives, can be very damaging to historic materials and should not be used. If the cladding material requires painting or caulking, these treatments will serve as a primary weathershield. .... Following repairs and initial finish treatment, painted surfaces should be well maintained."

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"A brick front wall must be constructed properly to secure it to the building and to ensure that any moisture penetrating the brick can escape. An inspection of homes being built at Toll Brothers' Hopkinton Highlands subdivision revealed serious problems.

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An image of stucco cladding:

Stucco:

Stucco Guide and Stucco Referenced Standards Summaryby Parex

Problems with stucco: Woodbury http://www.ci.woodbury.mn.us/govt/CUapril03.pdf

Stone:

stone care solutions

Web:

Computer Integrated Manufacture of Cladding Systems

Wood Cladding Products by CWC: " There are many wood - structure buildings in service which are clad with non-wood materials such as sheet metal, vinyl, or masonry. Although wood cladding materials such as siding and shingles have many cases provided long service, there is no doubt that the desire on the part of building owners to keep exterior maintenance to a minimum has resulted in a decrease in the use of wood as an exterior cladding material."

Water repellent coating in Vancouver by Holm, Karagiosiz and Kunzel, a presentation

Annotated Bibliography of the Building Envelope

"list of over 170 reference materials concerning the design, construction, and maintenance of the building envelope applicable to the context of British Columbia including references specific to the coastal climate"




Cladding- a course by Dr. Heng Li

"An understanding of the basic concept of claddings."




Claddings Institute of New Zealand

"to promote quality performance of building envelopes."




CWCT - Centre for Window and Cladding Technology

"information provider in the field of building envelopes and glazing, ... on education, training, publications, conferences and research."




Forest Products Society - conference and meeting abstracts

Abstracts of many wood related conferences is available in .pdf, in the Conference section.




Technical Preservation Guidance

This site has a nice description of building components, including exterior envelopes and interior walls, with specific references to historical buildings.

rainscreen for cladding system

A study of the rainscreen concept applied to cladding systems on wood frame walls, by Morrison Hershfield Limited, 1990

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Aluminum and vinyl siding on historic buildings, the appropriateness of substitute materials for resurfacing historic wood frame buildings, by Myers, J. H., 1984

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Assessing the impact of thickness on the performance of stucco cladding, by Morrison Hershfield Ltd., 2004

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Auckland house cladding survey, by UNITEC Institute of Technology, 2000

EIFS clad wall

Barrier EIFS clad walls: Results from a moisture engineering study, by Brown, W., J. Ullett, A. N. Karagiozis, and T. Tonyan, 1997

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D3679-02 Standard Specification for Rigid Poly(Vinyl Chloride) (PVC) Siding, by ASTM, 2002

choice

Decision making in the purchase of siding: a survey of architects, contractors, and homeowners in the U.S. Northeast, by Damery, D. T. and Fisette, P., 2001

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Deterioration patterns of building cladding components for maintenance management , by Shohet, I. M., Puterman, M. and Gilboa, E., 2002

water drainage of cladding wall

Drainage, ventilation drying and enclosure performance, by Straube, J. F. and Burnett, E. F. P., 1998

moisture problem can related to cladding system

Drying capabilities of wood frame walls with wood siding, by Salonvaara, M. H., Ojanen, T., Kokko, E. and Karagiozis, A. N., 1998

drying

Drying of walls with ventilated stucco cladding parametric analysis, by DMO Associates, 1999

aluminium curtainwall cladding for retrofit problem buildings

Dynamic buffer zone - DBZ, by Makepeace, C.B., R. Ogle, and R. Nelson, 1999

EASE project use brick and stucco cladding

EASE demonstration project: APCHQ's advanced house, by Lawton, M.D. and D. L. Scott, 1995

wood exterior finish

Exterior wood in the South: selection, applications, and finishes, by Cassens, D. L. and Feist, W. C., 1991

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Field observations and laboratory tests of water migration in walls with shiplap hardboard siding, by Tsongas, G. A., Govan, D. P. and J. A. McGillis, 1998

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FMEA applied to cladding systems - reducing the risk of failure, by Layzell, J. and Ledbetter, S., 1999

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Leaking brick-clad walls: causes, prevention, and repair, by Beasley, K.J, 1990

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Measurement of ventilation and drying of vinyl siding and brick clad wall assemblies, by van Straaten, R.V., 2003

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Performance of back-primed and factory-finished hardboard lap siding in southern florida, by Carll, C., Knaebe, M., Malinauskas, V., Sotos, P. and Tenwolde, A., 2000

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Performance of back-primed and factory-finished hardboard lap siding in southern florida, by Carll, C., Knaebe, M., Malinauskas, V., Sotos, P. and Tenwolde, A., 2000

Environmental concerns lead to limited use of chemically treated wood for cladding

Protection of wood by design, by Hansen, M.H. and A. Nicolajsen, 1999

damage to cladding system in B.C.

Survey of building envelope failures in the coastal climate of British Columbia, by Morrison Hershfield Limited, 1998

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Water management in exterior wall claddings, by Brown, W. and Adams, P., Tonyan, T., Ullett, J., 1997

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Weather-resistive barriers in stucco ladding systems, by Zhang, J., 2003