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See www.icc-es.org/criteria/pdf_files/AC38.pdf for more information about ICC-ES's "Acceptance Criteria for Water-Resistive Barriers."

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August 2012

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SAWS AND BLADES
Any time a job calls for no grout lines or very limited grout lines - in other words, they're using very expensive materials - you have to have a saw that cuts absolutely precise," he says.

This saw, which fits up to a 12-in

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FLASHING & DRAINAGE
There are so many residential projects that don't have flashing and don't have weep vents.

"They have so many problems in the Midwest right now, whether it's Indiana, Kentucky or Illinois. There are so many masonry probl

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Architects:

Blackburn Architects, Indianapolis, Ind. BOORA Architects of Portland, Ore.

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Legal Issues
The Importance of Documents
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