Building Construction Handbook, Eighth Edition

(Nancy Kaufman) #1
Water installations (continued)
supply, 767 8
valves and taps, 774
Water jetting, 3046, 315
Water table, 70, 72, 80, 302
Water test, 765
Waterproofing basements, 272 6
Weatherboarding, 410
Web cleats, 537 8
Weep holes, 24854, 362, 365
Weight batching, 287
Weights of materials, 35 6
Welded connections, 537 40
Wellpoint systems, 305 6
Western hemlock, 737
Western red cedar, 737
Wet rot, 121 2
Winchester cutting, 414
Windows:
aluminium casement, 384
bay, 376
double glazing, 369, 375, 381 5
energy rating, 480
glass and glazing, 379 88
high performance, 369
ironmongery, 371
metal casement, 370
notation, 378

oriel, 376
performance requirements, 366
pivot, 367, 375
schedules, 377
secondary glazing, 382
sliding sash, 372 4
timber casement, 368 9
triple glazing, 383, 385 6
types, 367
uPVC, 386
Windsor probe test, 111
Wired glass, 379, 723
Wiring systems, 795 6
Wood cement board, 740
Wood rot, 121 2
Wood wool, 740
Woodworm, 463 4
Woodworking machinery, 734
Working platform, 143
Wrought iron dogs, 154, 156 7

Yokes, 518


Zed beam, 532, 565, 567 8
Zero carbon home, 62
Zipper bond, 323
Zones, 48

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