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Moisture Control in Buildings Heinz R.,klitot ASTM Manual Series:MNL 18 ASTM Publication Code Number(PCN)28-018094-10 1916 Race Street?9 Philadelphia,PA 19103 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Manual on moisture control in buildings/Heinz R.Trechsel,editor.(ASTM manual series:MNL 18)Includes bibliographical references and index.ISBN 0-8031-205 I-6 1.Dampness in buildings.2.Waterproofing.I.Trechsel,Heinz R.TH903 I.M26 1994 69Y.893-dc20 II.Series.93-43304 CIP Copyright 1994 AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS,Philadelphia,PA.All rights reserved.This material may not be reproduced or copied,in whole or in part,in any printed,mechanical,electronic,film,or other distribution and storage media,without the written consent of the publisher.Photocopy Rights Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use,or the internal or personal use of specific clients,is granted by the AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATE-RIALS for users registered with the Copyright Clearance Center(CCC)Transactional Report-ing Service,provided that the base fee of$2.50 per copy,plus S0.S0 per page is paid directly to CCC,222 Rosewood Dr.,Danvers,MA 01923;Phone:(508)78400;Fax:(508)7Y.4744.For those organizations that have been granted a photocopy license by CCC,a separate system of payment has been arranged.The fee code for users of the Transactional Reporting Service is 0-8031-2051-6 93$2.50+.50.NOTE:This manual does not purport to address(all of)the safety problems associated with its use.It is the responsibility of the user of this manual to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.Printed in Ann Arbor,M!February 1994 Dedication Wayne P.Ellis 1915-1993 Former Chairman of the Board of ASTM,Standards Consultant,First Chairman of the Board of the Bulldlng Envlronment and Thermal Envelope Councll AS ALL THOSE WHO were close to Wayne Ellis know,his foremost interest in his later years was terminology,but the issue of moisture control in buildings was also one of his concerns.It was Wayne who,in the mid-1970s,encouraged the formation of a joint Committee C16/E06 ad hock task force on moisture control,who helped expand that task force to include members of ASHRAE and other groups,and who agreed to the establishment of that task force on a more permanent basis as the Research Coordinating Committee on Moisture within the Building Environment and Thermal Envelope Council under the auspices of the National Institute of Building Sciences.It was also Wayne who encouraged the Editor to undertake the development of this manual.He provided his valuable advice all along the tortuous route from conception to final approval of the manuscript.His own chapter,Applicable Guidelines,Stan-dards,and Codes,will unfortunately remain the last of his many contributions to ASTM publications.With these thoughts in mind,the authors and I dedicate this manual to our friend,contributor,and mentor,Wayne P.Ellis.Heinz Trechsel Editor Acknowledgments I wish To TnmrK ThE Atrmoas for their contributions.Unlike the preparation of technical papers for symposia,conferences,and workshops,the preparation of a chapter within the framework of a manual is more difficult and more time consuming.I apologize to the authors for imposing strict and sometimes unreasonable deadlines,but they were necessary to keep the material timely.A major role in the preparation and publication of any ASTM publication falls to the reviewers.Their names are listed below in alphabetical order.Their contribution is vital to a good and technically solid manual.Many thanks to all of them.One reviewer undertook the enormous task of reading each and every chapter to help achieve a measure of overall completeness and uniformity in quality.It is my pleasure to thank Dr.Ervin Bales of the New Jersey Institute of Technology for this great help.During the development of the book proposal,Paul Reece Achenbach,former director of the Building Environment Division at the National Institute for Standards and Tech-nology,and Wayne P.Ellis,Past President of ASTM,acted as sounding boards for various ideas relating to the manual.Their valuable counsel and consistent encouragement is gratefully acknowledged.This manual required a myriad of tasks,from preparing author agreements to tracking down addresses of potential reviewers,preparing final drawings,book design,and edit-ing.All these tasks fell to the staff of the ASTM Publication and Marketing Division.As always,they performed splendidly,and without their help not even the book proposal would have seen the light of day.My very best thanks to Kathleen A.Dernoga and Monica Siperko of Acquisition and Review,to David Jones,the copyeditor,of Books and Jour-nals,and to Jonathan Bruno of Design Works,Bryn Mawr,PA,who helped illustrate the manual.Last,but not least,my thanks go to my wife Gisela for her understanding,support,and encouragement during the four years fr