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Publication Review
Title: Partition,
Ceilings, Floors & Stairs: Volume #5 of the Rehab Guide
Author: HUD, 1999
File: Free Book, PDF 554 KB, 66 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 interiors of older homes. Provides
discussion and alternate techniques for handling a variety of interior
issues.
Issues covered include:
- floor and ceiling structural assemblies, repairs, fire damage, sound control
- sheathing, subfloors, underlayments, floor squeaks
- finish flooring, repairing and refinishing
- finish wall and ceiling materials, nail pops, repair cracks and holes, plaster repair
- paints and wallcoverings
- moldings and trim
- stairs, repairing and replacing treads and risers,
sagging carriages, balluster repair, attic ladders
Detail drawings include:
- guide for cutting notching and boring joists
- new column support detail
- steel flitch plate reinforcement detail
- joist to beam connections
- floor opening framing details
- epoxy consolidated sistered joist
- squeaky floor repair details
- finish wood floor, cupped or crowned diagrams
- repair of vinyl floor diagram
- plaster repair and adhesive injection technique
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
