InterNACHI Field Guide for the Inspection of Wood Roofs

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InterNACHI Field Guide for the Inspection of Wood RoofsThis is a PDF download, not a book. You will receive a link via email to download the PDF after purchasing. Written by Kenton Shepard, author of InterNACHI’s Certified Roof Inspector course.This 34 page field guide , containing over 55 photographs, illustrations and diagrams, and is meant to be used as a tool to help identify problems with wood shake & shingle roofs. Content covers: standards and warranties types of shakes and shingles installation- proper and improper aging characteristics wind & hail damage biological growth hail damage end of useful life Table of ContentsPerformance standards/warranties, 1Shake and shingle grading, 2Manufacturing and application standards, 2Wood species, 3Grain exposures, 4Installation details, 6Underlayment/interlayment, 10 Flashing, 13 • Headwall, 11 • Sidewall, 11 • Kickout, 13 • Vent, 1Fastener defects, 16Moisture, 19 • Discoloration, 19 • Extractive bleeding, 20 • Decay, 20 • Loss of extractives, 23 • Erosion, 24 • Distortion, 24Splitting 27Hail, 29Biological growth, 32End of useful life, 33***PDF is 75 MB in size, so allow some time for the download to occur. We STRONGLY recommend that you do this on a high speed internet connection. Show more