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A
Abandoned Chimneys - Removing 0969
Abandoned Flue Opening 0990
Above Ground Exterior Oil Storage Tank 0821
Absolute and Relative Humidity 1311
Access Hatch to Attic 1358
A-coil for Air Conditioner 1232
Adam Style Home 1726
Add or Extend Window Wells When Re-grading 1922
Adding a Drain to a Flat Roof 1920
Adding Insulation - Risks 1362
Additions to Masonry - Toothed-In 1760
Add-on Wood Furnace (Divider Plate Method) 1030
Add-on Wood Furnace (Downstream Series) 1029
Adfreezing 0241
Adfreezing and Deck Piers 0242
Adjacent Metal Chimneys of Different Heights 1009
Advanced Combustion Wood Stoves 1039
Air Barrier vs. Vapor Barrier 1332
Air Bleed Valves on Radiators - Don't Operate 0864
Air Changes - Balanced 1310
Air Conditioning
----- A-coil 1232
----- Air Return Outside Room 1258
----- Attic Evaporator Coil 1234
----- Basics 1200-1214
----- Bigger is not Better 1217
----- Capillary Tube Defects 1238
----- Close Humidifier Damper 1259
----- Coil Upstream of Heat Exchanger 1235
----- Compressor 1204, 1221-1226
----- ----- Don't Test When Cold 1221
----- ----- Life 1264
----- ----- Slugging 1223
----- ----- Wait Before Restarting 1222
----- Condensate
----- ----- Discharge Locations 1242
----- ----- from Attic Evaporator Coil 1240
----- ----- Pump 1243
----- ----- System 1239-1243
----- Condenser
----- ----- Coil 1227-1229
----- ----- Coil Exhausting Hot Air Outside 1205
----- ----- Coil Location 1249
----- ----- Dryer Vent too Close 1228
----- ----- Fan 1248
----- ----- Out of Level 1224
----- ----- Units - Inspecting 1212
----- ----- Water Heater Exhaust Fan too Close 1227
----- Discharging Condensate 1210
----- Duct System 1252-1260
----- Ducts in Concrete Floor Slabs 1257
----- Evaporative Coolers 1265
----- Evaporator Coil 1232-1238
----- ----- Procedure 1236
----- Evaporator Fan 1250
----- Excess Electric Current Draw 1225
----- Expansion Devices - Cooling Hot Liquid Freon 1207
----- Fan Belt, Pulley or Adjustment 1251
----- Filter-Dryer for Refrigerant 1245
----- Freon Gas goes Outside 1203
----- General Rule for Ductwork Adequacy 1252
----- Guessing the Capacity 1219
----- Heat Transfer at the Inside Coil 1201
----- High and Low Returns 1255
----- High Pressure and Low Pressure Sides 1211
----- Hot Liquid Back to House 1206
----- How Much Area Can One Ton Cool? 1217
----- Larger Ducts Required 1217
----- Latent Heat of Vaporization 1209
----- Leaking Condensate Tray 1239
----- Leaking Refrigerant Lines 1247
----- Measure Temperature Drop Across Coil 1220
----- Modern Ductwork 1254
----- Moving Heat from Inside to Outside 1200
----- No Electrical Shut Off 1226
----- Older Style Ductwork 1253
----- One Ton of Cooling 1215
----- Refrigerant Lines 1244-1247
----- Schematic 1208
----- Sight Glass for Refrigerant 1246
----- Slab Coil 1233
----- Testing Air Returns 1256
----- Thermostat
----- ----- Location 1263
----- ----- Mercury Bulb 1261
----- ----- Snap Action 1262
----- Thermostatic Expansion Valve 1237
----- Trap Required in Condensate Line 1241
----- Vapor Barriers and Air Conditioning Ductwork 1260
----- Water Cooled
----- ----- Missing Backflow Preventer 1231
----- ----- Schematic 1214
----- ----- Testing 1230
Air Damper Arrangement for Wood Furnaces 1015, 1016
Air Filter Orientation and Forced Air Heating Systems 0781
Air Filters and Air Cleaners for Forced Air Heating Systems 0781-0784
Air Flow through Humidifier 0787
Air Gap
----- Dishwasher 1551
----- in Plumbing 1546
Air Gaps at Ends of Wood Beams 0275
Air Leakage
----- Potlights 1338
----- Locations 1370
Air Return
----- Outside Room for Air Conditioning 1258
----- Outside Rooms 0797
----- in Ductwork - Testing 1256
Air Separators on Boiler 0866
Air Temperature Sensor - Outdoor for Boiler 0872
Air Vents on Steam Heating Systems 1099
Air-Vapor Barrier Incomplete or Wrong Locations 1369
Air-Vapor Barriers 1332 - 1340
All Electric Heat Pump System 1274
Alligatoring in Flat Roofs 0093
Alternate Application for Metal Valley Flashings 0060
Alternative Attachment Method for Counter Flashing 0111
Aluminum and Galvanized Steel Gutters - Identifying 1896
Aluminum Wire 0604
Amount of Attic Ventilation 1346
Amp Meter Testing of Electric Furnace 1148
Amperage Equals Current Flow 0504, 1132
Analyzing Crack Size 0222
Anchor Spacing for Wall Sill 0281
Anchoring Roofs to Walls 0409
Anchors - Helical 0226
Anchors for Wall Sills 0278
Anode - Sacrificial for Water Heaters 1559
Anticipator on Thermostat - Variable 0764
Appliance Connectors for Gas 0721
Appliances Chimney Height Above 0978
Appliances Direct Vent - House Air Pressure 1322
Aquastat
----- Primary Control on Boilers 0867
----- on Boiler Inoperative 0868
Arch Outside and Wood Lintel Inside 0348
Arches - Masonry - Cracking due to Lateral Thrust 0403
Arches and Lintels 0400-0406
Architectural Styles and Details 1700-1743
Architrave 1709
Arcing and Sparks - Electrical 0549
Arrangement of Panel Wires - Electric 0557
Asbestos Cement
----- Shingles 0048
----- Siding 1805
Ash Pit for Fireplace 1088
Asphalt and Concrete Driveways 1926
Asphalt Shingle
----- Application - Roofing 0011
----- Composition 0010
----- Ridges 0018
----- Roofing Fastener Problems 0017
----- Siding 1807
----- Siding - Six Nails per Shingle 1807
----- Valley Flashings 0056
Atmospheric Vacuum Breaker 1547
Atomizing Oil Burner 0829
Attic
----- Access Hatch 1358
----- Ducts 1367
----- Electrical Wiring Exposed 0598
----- Heat - Reducing with Ventilation 1341
----- Power Vents 1374
----- Secondary 1361
----- Stairwells 1359
----- Ventilation - Recommended Amount 1346
Automatic Garage Door Openers 1867-1871
Automatic Reverse for Garage Door Openers 1870
Automatic Vent Dampers on Gas Furnaces 0812
Avalanche Guards - Roofing 0009
Awning and Hopper Windows 1716

B
B Vent 0995
Babies - Slate Roof Repair 0037
Back Up Heat for Heat Pumps - Testing 1283
Backdrafting 0733
Backer Rods for Caulking 1336
Backfill
----- Height 0251
----- Related Foundation Cracks 0254
----- Settled Around Homes 1887
Backflow Preventer
----- Installed Backwards on Boiler 0859
----- Missing on Water Cooled Air Conditioners 1231
----- on Boilers 0857
Baffles for Soffit Vents 1345
Balance Point for Heat Pumps 1273
Balanced Air Changes 1310
Balancing Dampers and Flow Collars for HRVs 1401
Balancing Methods for Hot Water Heating 0880
Balconies 1824
Ball Valve for Plumbing 1536
Balloon versus Platform Framing 0366
Baluster Spacing for Handrails and Guards 1835
Barometric Damper
----- (Draft Regulator) Problems 0837
----- for Oil Furnace 0836
----- on Wood Furnace 1021
----- Schematic 1214
----- Barrel Mission Style (Straight) Clay Tile 0040
Barrier
----- Air 1332
----- Radiant 1331
----- Vapor 1332
Baseboard
----- Cast Iron on Hot Water Heating Systems 0893
----- Finned Tube on Hot Water Heating Systems 0892
Basement
----- Bearing Wall 0375
----- Cracks 2072
----- Excavation, Dampproofing and Drainage Tile 2082
----- Fireplaces 1063
----- Floors Lowered with Bench Footings 0230
----- Floors Lowering with Underpinning 0231
----- Floors Provide Lateral Support 0255
----- Heat Registers 0795
----- Insulation - Adding Exterior 1385
----- Insulation - Interior - Adding 1386
----- Interior Drainage System 2081
----- Keeping Dry by Controlling Surface Water 2079
----- Moisture Control 1387
----- Problems - Wet - Causes 2067
----- Stairs - Exterior 1826
----- Stairwell - Exterior - Side View 0238
----- Stairwell - Exterior Insulated 0239
----- Sump Pump 2078
----- Walkouts 1826, 1873-1879
----- Walls - Patching Cracks 2080
----- Wet 2067-2082
----- Windows and Stairs 2069
Basic Electrical Concepts 0501
Basins - Electrical Outlets Nearby 0619
Baskets-Strainers at the Top of Downspouts 1909
Bathroom Outlets and Switches 0618
Bay Window 1720
Beam-Joist Connection 0306
----- with Ledgerboard 0323
Beams
----- Bearing Simply versus Continuous 0304
----- Bolting of Wood Built-Up 0303
----- Continuous and Simply Spanned 0296
----- End Support 0298
----- for Decks and Porches 1839
----- Lateral Support for Steel 0308
----- Lateral Support for Wood 0309
----- Load Transfer 0294
----- Mortise and Tenon Joints 0324
----- Nailing of Wood Built-Up 0302
----- Notches or Holes 0301
----- Part of House Structure 0292
----- Poor End Support 1841
----- Punching through Foundation Wall 0247
----- Rotated or Twisted 0300
----- Rotation or Twisting - Exterior 1842
----- Sag
----- ----- Exterior 1840
----- ----- Sight Along 0297
----- Steel Attached to Joists 0295
----- Stresses 0293
----- Structural 0292 - 0310
----- Wood - Air Gaps at Ends 0275
Bearing
----- and Partition Walls - Identification 0379
----- for Rafter 0414
----- Strength of Soils 0203
----- Wall Holes and Notches in Top Plates 0369
----- Wall in Basement 0375
----- Wall Metal Ties for Single Top Plates 0370
----- Wall Offset 0388
----- Wall Top Plate T-Connection 0368
----- Wall with Lintel 0371
Bell-Cast Eave 1704
Below Grade Downspouts - Abandoned 1914
Below Grade Garages - Drains 1863
Belt Drive and Direct Drive Blowers for Furnaces 0779
Belt or Pulley Adjustment for Fan for Air Conditioning 1251
Belt-Course 1712
Bench Footings 0230
Bent Electrical Service Masts 0524
Bi-Metallic Thermostat 0743
Bivalent Heat Pump 1287
Black Label Wood Shingles 0020
Bladder Type Pressure Tank for Wells 1529
Blisters in Built-up Roofing Membranes 0092
Blockage Switches on Forced Air Furnaces 0801
Blocking, Strapping and Bridging for Joists 0318
Blocks and Bricks - Hollow Channels must be Vertical 0365
Blowers for Furnaces - Belt Drive and Direct Drive 0779
Blue Label Wood Shingles 0020
Board-and-Batten Siding 1780
Boiler
----- Air Separators 0866
----- Aquastat - Primary Control 0867
----- Aquastat Inoperative 0868
----- Backflow Preventer 0857
----- ----- Installed Backwards 0859
----- Copper Tube Heat Exchangers 0851
----- Electric 1150
----- Feed Pump
----- ----- for Steam Heat 1113
----- ----- Location for Steam Heat 1112
----- Flow Control Valves 0873
----- High Temperature Limit Switch 0855
----- Hot Water, How They Work 0846
----- Low Water Cut-Out (Hot Water) 0856
----- Pressure Reducing Valve 0861
----- ----- Location 0858
----- ----- Relief Valve Installed Backwards 0865
----- Pressure Relief Valves 0852
----- ----- Inspecting 0854
----- ----- Location 0853
----- Pump Control 0869
----- Temperature and Pressure Gauge 0860
----- Water Pressure Set too Low 0863
----- with Bypass Loop 0903
----- with Combined Pressure Reducing Valve and Pressure Relief Valve 0862
----- with Outdoor Air Temperature Sensor 0872
----- with Series Loop 0876
----- with Sidearm Heater 0901
----- with Tankless Coil 0900
----- with Zone Control
----- ----- by Pumps 0870
----- ----- by Valves 0871
----- ----- Wood 1011
Bolting of Built-up Wood Beams 0303
Bonding of Electric Service Box to Ground 0555
Bonding of Neutral and Ground Wires Downstream of Service Box 0554
Bored Wells 1514
Bow Window 1720
Bowed Brick Veneer Wall - Older Home 0358, 1764
Bowing Foundation Results in Excess Brick Overhang 0248
Bowing of Masonry Walls 0313, 0357, 1767
Bowing of Solid Masonry Wall due to Tie Failure 0360
Bracing for Metal Chimneys 1001
Bracing of Compression Webs in Trusses 0434
Bracket Chimneys 0973
Brackets and Dentils 1710
Branch Circuit Over-current Devices 0535
Breaker and Fuse-type Electrical Service Boxes 0536
Breakers and Fuses 0509
Breast for Fireplace Settled (Gap at Wall) 1086
Breast for Fireplace 0085
Brick Foundations with Masonry Walls 0212
Brick Mortar Joints 1761
Brick Overhang Excessive on Foundation 0248
Brick Repointing 1758
Brick Veneer Wall 0341, 0390 - 0399
----- Bowed - Older Home 1764
----- Bowed in Older Home 0358
----- Construction Detail 0390
----- Detail 0277
----- Masonry Tie Detail 0391, 1765
----- Weep Holes 0394
----- with Steel Lintel 0346
Brick Wall
----- Bowing 1767
----- Flashing with Roof Intersection Below 0077
----- Mortar Joints 1762
----- Needs Lateral Support 1766
----- Terminology 0342
Bricks and Blocks - Hollow Channels must be Vertical 0365
Bridging, Strapping and Blocking for Joists 0318
British Thermal Unit 0701, 1300
Broken Concrete Tiles 0046
Broken Pediment 1719
BTU 0701, 1300
BTUs per Hour vs. Kilowatts 1133
Buckingham Slate 0030
Buckling of Columns 0289
Building a Chimney 0709
Building Crack Shapes 0224
Building Crack Size Analysis 0222
Building Paper vs. Housewrap 1333
Building Settlement - Types 0218
Building Settlement due to Cut and Fill Excavation 0221
Building Shapes and Details 1700-1743
Built-up Roofing 0089-0096
----- Membrane - Curbed Edge 0108
----- Membrane - Edge Details 0107
----- Membrane - Four-ply 0090
----- Membrane Blisters 0092
----- Roof-Wall Flashing 0104
----- Roof-Wall Flashing - Low Quality 0112
Built-up Wood Beam
----- Bolting 0303
----- Nailing 0302
Buried Oil Storage Tank 0820
Burner
----- Atomizing Oil 0829
----- Crossover Igniter 0740
----- Gas Supply 0739
----- Monoport - Gas 0738
----- Natural Draft Gas 0731
----- Scorching 0746
Burner - Oil
----- Barometric Damper Problems 0837
----- Clearance From Oil Storage Tanks 0822
----- Flame Retention Head 0830
----- Flame Sensor 0835
----- Inspecting 0832
Bus Bars
----- Electrical Wires should not Cross 0585
----- in Fuse Panels 0580
Butt Joint Detail on Vertical Siding 1789
Butterfly Roof 0002
Buttress 0256
----- Pulling away from Wall 0267
Bypass Damper on Catalytic Wood Stove 1041
Bypass Loop on Hot Water Heating System 0903

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