About This Book
The NRCA Roofing Manual: Architectural Metal Flashing and Condensation and Air Leakage Control is an industry-standard reference published by the National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA). It offers best practices, design guidelines, and technical data covering sheet-metal components, moisture management, and thermal performance in roof systems.
Note: Reroofing is typically addressed across multiple NRCA manual volumes or in older combined editions, and is not a primary focus of this title, which centers on metal flashings and air and moisture control.
Core Topics Covered
- Architectural Metal Flashing: Design rules, material selection, thickness tolerances, and installation methods for sheet-metal edge details, copings, and interfaces.
- Condensation and Air Leakage: Principles of vapor retarder placement, air barrier continuity, and moisture control.
- Assembly Ventilation: Guidance for steep-slope roof ventilation and low-slope condensation control.
- Construction Details: More than 60 standardized technical drawings and diagrams for field application.
- Appendices: Climatic design data, lightning-protection system integration, and technical directories.
Practice Tests Using This Book
This book is required or recommended for 1 licensing exam. We've written 27 practice questions directly from this material, each one citing the chapter and section it comes from.