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Standard Practice in Sheet Metal Work: A Reference Book Compiled for the Use of Architects Engineers Sheet Metal Contractors Installers of Warm Air Heating Systems and Vocational Training Schools
19852604180002<p>Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association 1985. Bonded Leather. Like New. 1985 Reprint of the original 1929 edition. LIKE NEW. Appears unread. No marks. Binding is tight and square. 768 p. illus. incl. plans diagrs. 32 cm. . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. Roofing Gutters Conductors Flashings and Corrugated Iron -- 2. Skylights and Ventilators by -- 3. Metal Cornices -- 4. Metal Ceilings -- 5. Warm Air Furnaces -- 6. Heating and Ventilating Systems -- 7. Blow Pipe and Exhaust Systems -- 8. Fire Doors and Kalamein Doors -- 9. Hollow Metal Doors and trim -- 10. Hollow Metal Windows -- 11. Restaurant Kitchen and Hotel Equipment -- 12. Protective Coatings and Paints -- 13. Publication Committee. . . . . . . A comprehensive technical reference issued in 1929 by the NASMC. It was compiled for architects engineers sheet metal contractors and it remained sufficiently authoritative to warrant a full historical reprint in 1985. Spanning hundreds of pages the volume codifies accepted methods for custom architectural sheetmetal work with detailed coverage of roofing gutters conductors flashing skylights ventilators cornices and related building components. More than a period curiosity it provides a systematically organized body of practice standards that captures how the trade understood proper design fabrication and installation at the end of the 1920s. The book is notable for its heavy use of graphic material: pattern layouts system designs and dimensional details. Translates directly into shop and jobsite work. It presents what are essentially norms for metal roofing and architectural sheetmetal systems offering guidance on materials selection profiles joints and weatherresistant detailing. The 1985 edition reproduces the original text and illustrations it serves today both as a working reference for traditional restoration and as a primary source for historians and craftspeople studying early twentiethcentury sheetmetal practice.</p> Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association hardcover
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