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Publication Review
Title: Foundations
: Volume #1 of the Rehab Guide
Author: HUD, 1997
File: Free Book, PDF 673 KB, 57 pages
Audience: Written for builders and designers with experience and
training in historic renovation, rehabilitation and remodeling.
Review
The focus of this book is housing rehabilitation which is different than
remodeling. Rehabilitation means "to restore to good condition",
while remodeling indicates a change to something significantly different.
A good guide for anyone rehabilitating the foundations of older homes.
Provides discussion and alternate techniques for handling a variety of
foundation issues.
Issues covered include:
- foundation design and engineering: existing foundation overview
- basement floors
- crawl space floors
- permanent wood and prefabricated foundations
- drainage
- dampproofing and waterproofing
- insulation
- ventilation
- soil gases
- shoring, underpinning and repair
- crack repair, coatings and finishes
Detail drawings include:
- permanent wood foundation wall
- panel foundation wall
- precast concrete wall
- site grade strategies
- trench and strip drains
- interior drainage systems
- interior radial sump system with sump pump
- interior foundation drain
- American wick drain and system platon
- concrete basement wall with exterior insulation
- concrete basement wall with interior insulation
- insulation inspection strip
- crawl spaces with exterior insulation, interior insulation
- slab on grade with stem beam, stem wall, shallow foundation and turn down
- echo system performance characteristics
- radon control systems
- pier shoring, helical piers, buttressing
- wall jacking
- earth anchors
- grouting of cracks
Related Texts
Foundations
: Volume #1 of the Rehab Guide
Exterior
Walls: Volume #2 of the Rehab Guide, Parts One and Two
Roofs:
Volume #3 of the Rehab Guide
Doors and
Windows: Volume #4 of the Rehab Guide
Partitions,
Ceilings, Floors & Stairs: Volume #5 of the Rehab Guide
Kitchens
& Baths: Volume #6 of the Rehab Guide
Electrical
and Electronics: Volume #7 of the Rehab Guide
HVAC and
Plumbing: Volume #8 of the Rehab Guide, Part One and Two
Site Work:
Volume #9 of the Rehab Guide
