The book · Architect Edition
Wide opento wildfire
Are we playing with fire by overlooking windows and doors?
Vinny Curran · Pete Hopkins · Kurt Houghton
In wildfire country, what good is a one-hour wall when the windows and doors can fail in a few minutes? This book explains what actually happens when fire reaches a window, what today's tests do and don't tell us, and the questions architects should ask before specifying windows and doors for homes in wildfire country.
What's inside
Nine chaptersOne question
What was this entire system engineered to survive?
01
What Most People Get Wrong About Windows in Fire Country
Dispelling the myths
02
The Critical Anatomy of a Window and Door System
What exactly are you specifying?
03
What Happens When Fire Gets Here
How ordinary window systems fail, and how a fire-country window must perform
04
Eight Minutes Is a Minimum Test. It's Not the Goal.
What fire testing proves, what it doesn't, and what to ask next
05
What If Wildfire Were in the Engineering Brief from Day One?
What a window engineered for fire country actually requires
06
Cutting the Fat
How to remove cost without sacrificing window performance
07
Before You Sign Off the Window Schedule
The architect's field guide to specifying for fire country
08
Homeowners: Before You Write the Check
A homeowner's guide to buying windows and doors for fire country
09
A Call to Arms
The next standard starts with your plans
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