Informs that serious wood-rot problems are showing up in some new homes built with synthetic stucco. How the problem occurs; Debate over how pervasive the problem is nationally; Extent of the problem in Wilmington, North Carolina; Advice on waterproofing a home; Why owners of synthetic-stucco ...
Wood siding, stucco, and masonry veneer are commonly used finish materials on the outside face of exterior walls. Plaster and gypsum board are commonly used on the inside face of exterior walls, ceilings, and interior wall faces. For energy conservation, a thermal envelope is created by ...
A green-wall substrate [15] has been applied to the caps, added to a 4-m high rigid barrier (barrier thickness of 10 cm) beside a 4-lane motorway (single noise wall); the overall height of the noise wall, including the cap, is kept constant at 4 m. Cap designs needed to achieve...
that can be used for surfacing interior and exterior walls. Physically, it is similar to concrete and consists mainly ofPortland cementormasonry cementwith sand, lime and water. Unlike the ordinary stucco system, the EIFS (also known as synthetic stucco) is a lightweight synthetic wall cladding...
Many macro fibers have been applied in building and civil engineering, such as steel fiber widely used for precast non-structural concrete, pavements and tunneling lining [138], PVA fiber used for engineered cementitious composites [35], basalt fiber used for road reinforcement, stucco nets for ...
This standard is to be applied whether the core consists of natural ore or synthetic gypsum. Gypsum wallboard, also known as drywall or plasterboard, is a plaster-based wall finish that is available in a variety of standard sizes; 4 feet wide by 8 feet high is the most common. Thickness...
While in liquid and solid synthetic culture media the AgNPs did not considerably affect the growth of these fungi, even at a dose of 100 ppm, positive inhibitory effect in plant tissues infected with A. flavus was observed. For example, for complete inhibition of fungal growth in the cortex,...
15.4.2Synthetic fibres The current high cost of carbon fibres somewhat limits their application. Nevertheless, carbon fibre-reinforced concrete has been used in corrugated units for floor construction, single and double curvature membrane structures, boat hulls, and scaffold boards. The overall cost may...
3 We recognise that maize farmers’ participation in plant clinics and subsequent adoption of maize pest management practices may not only affect maize yield or net maize income, but it is possible that the knowledge gained from plant clinics may be applied to other crops (which may induce ...