EXTERNAL TIMBER CLADDING
External timber cladding >
the definitive professional guide for cladding designers, builders and installers
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illustrated with more than 100 colour photographs and drawings
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researched and written by BM TRADA, the experts on timber in construction
External timber cladding
Timber cladding is popular with building owners and architects seeking to maximise timber’s unique visual appeal and environmental credentials. Indeed, cladding is now the leading topic for questions to TRADA’s advisory service.
3rd edition Patrick Hislop, Peter Kaczmar and Lewis Taylor
This enlarged 3rd edition contains guidance on: > timber selection and quality, expanded to include modified woods > protection, with new sections on weathering and discoloration, and charred wood detail design updated with new detail drawings for applying timber cladding to timber frame, light steel frame, structural insulated panels, cross-laminated timber, masonry with cavity and solid masonry
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storage and installation
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maintenance, including the results of BM TRADA’s research into low-cost removal of staining
Hislop, Kaczmar and Taylor
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> softwoods and hardwoods commonly used for cladding it also includes a useful specification checklist. BM TRADA’s specialists Lewis Taylor and Peter Kaczmar join architect Patrick Hislop to make this 3rd edition of External timber cladding the definitive guide to the specification, design and installation of timber cladding in the UK.
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