The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) recently approved and listed the VTECH Industries 4x4 CMC Hurricane Polyurethane Glass, Impact Resistant Skylight and is compliant with the wind loads specified in the International Residential Code (IRC) and International Building Code (IBC).
Daylighting is the use of natural light as a main illumination source from a myriad of glazing devices in both vertical and horizontal positions within a building.
It is not uncommon for a commercial roofing contractor to have the “what to do after we leave” discussion with his building-owner client. It is not uncommon for a low-slope roofing warranty to include language that spells out what the building owner can and cannot do on top of the new membrane.
Shenandoah, Pa., was once a bustling mining town in the eastern mountain valleys of Pennsylvania, but when the coal industry began to decline after World War II, many residents left