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Building Basics: Weathertightness (2nd edition)

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Product Description

This book aims to provide background to the issues and contributing factors and guidance on the principles of weathertight construction - how water behaves and how we deal with it.

Product Information
Publication date March 2021
Author Trevor Pringle
Product type Book
Availability Available
Product code BK206

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