NRCA Roofing Manual: Membrane Roof Systems 2019

This manual provides best industry practices and technical information about the design, materials and installation techniques applicable to membrane roof systems used in low-slope applications. The manual includes information about roof decks, air and vapor retarders, rigid board insulation, roof membranes, fasteners, surfacing, accessories, roof system configurations and roof re-coverings. This latest edition has a new format which will assist in proper product and material selection. Users can initially refer to the first chapter which contains a selection of roof system configurations. Each of the configurations has a list of applicable roof components along with references on where to find additional information in the manual. Also included are 203 construction details for built-up roof (BUR) membrane, polymer-modified bitumen, liquid-applied, EPDM and other single-ply membrane roof systems.

This publication is a volume in The NRCA Roofing Manual series. Each volume of the series is intended to be updated every four years. For example, The NRCA Roofing Manual: Metal Panel and SPF Roof Systems—2012 will be updated in 2016, The NRCA Roofing Manual: Steep-slope Roof Systems—2013 will be updated in 2017, etc.

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While other schools offer highlighted and tabbed books, most:

• Use minimal or generic highlights
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The result? Students still waste time searching.

Rob decided that “good enough” wasn’t good enough.

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Rob Estell’s system is built using:

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Our highlights are thorough and detail-oriented, guiding your eye exactly where exam answers are located—not just coloring pages for appearance.

• Every highlight is intentional.
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• If a topic cannot be found efficiently through the Table of Contents or Index, it gets a custom tab and targeted highlight.

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