Designation:E2136−04(Reapproved2013)AnAmericanNationalStandardStandardGuideforSpecifyingandEvaluatingPerformanceofSingleFamilyAttachedandDetachedDwellings—Durability1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE2136;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.INTRODUCTIONThisguideispartofasetwhichtogetherpresentsacompleteperformancestandardguideforspecifyingandevaluatingsinglefamilyattachedanddetacheddwellings.Thecompletesetintheseries,whenfinished,istoincludetheattributesgiveninFig.1.Theseriesprovidesaframeworkforspecifyingandevaluatingqualitiesofbuildingproductsandsystemstomeetuserneedswithoutlimitingwaysandmeans.Theformatforthisguideincludesperformancestatementsthatconsistoffourcomponents,Objectives-Criteria-Evaluation-Commentary(O-C-E-C),whichtogetherprovideasystematicperformancebasedapproachfortheintendedpurpose.TheseperformancestatementsarepresentedinSection8againstaHierarchyofBuildingElementsastabulatedinFig.2.Thepurposeofthesestandardguidesistoprovideastandardizedmethodologyfordescribingperformanceparametersofsingle-familyattachedordetacheddwellings.Thismethodologystandard-izesthedescriptionsofperformanceofasingle-familydwelling,attachedordetached,thatcanbeexpressedasperformancestatements(O-C-E-C)foraparticularattribute,degradationfactor,anduserneed.Thesestandardguidesareintendedforusebythosewhoneedtoprescriberequiredlevelsofperformanceandthosewhoneedtorateaproductwhichformsasingle-familydwellingorpartthereof.Thestandardguidesincludeexamplesofperformancestatementsthatmaybeusedforthespecificationandevaluationofdesign,materials,products,components,subsystems,andsystems.1.Scope1.1Thisguidegivesexamplesofperformancestatementsfordurablein-placematerials,products,components,subsystems,andsystemsforsinglefamilyattachedandde-tacheddwellings,considering...
