Accelerated Deterioration Accelerated deterioration is the process or phenomenon of building decay, failure and damage happening at an increasing rate. This process, of aging and decay, atrophy of a building system is often non-linear, meaning that deterioration happens faster and faster as time goes by… Read More »Accelerated Deterioration
Acoustical sealants are flexible materials, applied in a Liquid form between desperate building materials such as at the sole plate of walls where sound sound would otherwise have a more direct passage through partitions. A picture of one type of acoustical sealing follows below for… Read More »Acoustical Sealants
Aggregate or crushed stone is used in a multitude of different types of building applications. For example, under the majority of concrete flat work, crushed stone or aggregate will be installed as a as a preparatory bedding. That underlying or substrate bedding allows for better… Read More »Aggregate or crushed stone
Art deco style architecture is common throughout most urban areas in the world. The image below serves as a beautiful example of a Art Deco style high rise building. This style of architecture became very popular about 100 years ago. You can see elements of… Read More »Art deco style architecture
Asphalt is similar to concrete, both materials are largely comprised of aggregate, sand, and a cohesive binder. In the case of concrete, the binder is cement. By comparison though, in the case of asphalt the binder is a petroleum-based type of material bitumen material similar… Read More »Asphalt paving
In most Washington DC buildings there will be a little bit of space between the top floor ceiling and the underside of the roof membrane. In the case of the photo below, you can see the picture of a man crawling inside of an attic… Read More »Attic or roof crawlspace