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Design Guides and Building Products

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Home Building

• American Wood Council's Design and Construction Guides

• Homebuilders' Guide to Earthquake-Resistant Design and Construction - FEMA

• Weight of Building Materials

Advanced Framing (aka Optimal Value Engineering)

• Advanced Framing - Building Science Corporation

• Advanced Framing Construction Guide - APA

• Advanced Framing Guide - Beyond Efficiency

• Advanced Framing Techniques - NAHB Research Center

• Advanced Wall Framing - US Department of Energy

• Building Plans for Advanced Framing - Green Building Advisor

• How it Works: Wall Framing - Fine Homebuilding

• The Pros and Cons of Advanced Framing - Green Building Advisor

Engineered Wood

• APA - The Engineered Wood Association

• Boise-Cascade

• Louisiana-Pacific (LP)

• Georgia-Pacific

• Weyerhaeuser

Trusses

• Encyclopedia of Trusses - Alpine

• Builders Guide to Trusses - Alpine

Truss Fabricators serving the Bay Area

• Ace Truss, Inc. - San Jose

• All Truss, Inc. - Sonoma

• California Truss Frame - Modesto

• Hayward Building Systems - Santa Maria

• Villa Truss - Lodi

Roof Sheathing and Radiant Barriers

• Radiant Barrier Fact Sheet - Department of Energy

• Roof Sheathing: Silver Side Down - Fine Homebuilding

• Georgia Pacific Thermostat Radiant Barrier Sheathing

• Louisiana Pacific (LP) Techshield Radiant Barrier

Gas Shutoff Devices

• PG&E Guide

• State of California Guide

• Firefighter Gas Safety Products

• Seismic Safety Products

Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC)

• Procedures for HVAC System Design and Installation - California Energy Commission

• System Design Process - Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA)

• Forced Air HVAC Systems - Green Building Advisor

• FurnaceCompare.com

Bryant | Carrier | Lennox | Trane

Fireplaces & Stoves

• Fireplace Xtrordinar

• Heat & Glo

• Heatilator

• Kingsman Fireplaces

• Kozy Heat Fireplaces

• Lennox

• Majestic

• Mendota

• Monessen Hearth

• Napoleon Fireplaces

• Regency

• Vermont Castings