SMACNA has developed over thirty technical publications, videos, charts, and guidelines which are considered international standards for our industry. Committees of contractors from throughout North America develop the publications which range from HVAC Duct Construction Standards to Kitchen Equipment Guidelines. SMACNA's Guidelines for Seismic Restraint of Mechanical Systems has become the guidebook for architects, engineers, design professionals, and contractors.

How our Prices Work: Members should contact the Association directly for prices on technical manuals. The discounted price is available only to: architectural and engineering firms and their employees (provided they are not in the contracting business as well); educational institutions; public libraries; government agencies and departments. Bookstores should call SMACNA for ordering information. Non-SMACNA members and all others pay list price. To order, fill out our order form and submit it to SMACNA-BC.
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Accepted Industry Practice for Industrial Duct Construction
This handbook is a compilation of accepted industry practices for the construction of duct systems designed to convey air and gases that usually contain particulate or corrosive aerosols. It contains negative pressure construction for 4" w.g. to 2 psi and a metal corrosion chart.
128 pages, 1st Ed., 1975
Discounted Price $45.00 - List Price $65.00
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Accepted Industry Practices for Sheet Metal Lagging
This document contains accepted industry practices for the fabrication and installation of sheet metal lagging, used to cover and protect insulated areas of equipment. The fabrication practices included illustrate the requirements of most commonly encountered insulated surfaces, such as boiler walls, flues, ducts, precipitators, air heaters, economizers, tanks, fans, etc. This publication is intended to assist the designer, contractor and plant engineer in understanding and solving the complexities involved in the design, fabrication and installation of sheet metal lagging systems.
128 pages, 1st Ed., 2002
Discounted Price $93.00 - List Price $135.00
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Architectural Sheet Metal Inspection Guide
An invaluable inspection resource for owners of standing seam, batten seam, or Bermuda-type roofs.  Presents practical troubleshooting and corrective tips for typical problems of roof panels, gutters, downspouts, fascia, copings, flashing, ridges and hips, valleys, expansion joints, penetrations, fasteners and soldering.  Also provides relevant information regarding construction of these architectural elements, the purpose of each, as well as what to look for during periodic inspections.  Sealants, moisture transfer methods and air leakage are also covered.  Emphasizes the importance of regular and appropriately timed inspections because a small problem discovered early can be fixed at a low cost, preventing minor damage from becoming a substantial problem until the cost of repair and remediation becomes excessive.  Contractors will find this book a valuable resource to give owners or facility managers along with the standard building completion documents.
52 pages, 1st Ed., 2004
Discounted Price $68.00 - List Price $92.00
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Architectural Sheet Metal Manual
Contains the most comprehensive set of recommended practices available for proper design and installation of custom-fabricated architectural sheet metal including roof drainage system design for scuppers, gutters and downspouts. Features new historical restoration section on skylights, cornices and spires; new moisture and maintenance guide; new mechanical fasteners and soldering chapter, and enhanced metals selection data. Offers new construction techniques and alternative methods of design and installation reflecting climatic conditions and rainfall rates. An upfront, fast “look-up” key speeds information retrieval. Also covers flashing, metal roofs, copings, gravel-stop fascia. Includes wind uplift pressure test reports confirming superior performance of custom-fabricated metal roofing. Applies to commercial, industrial and residential buildings.
496 pages, 6th Ed., 2003
Discounted Price $227.00 - List Price $323.00
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Building Systems Analysis and Retrofit Manual
This guide gives contractors an overview of a variety of HVAC after-market business opportunities, allowing them to select those that might provide the greatest return on investment consistent with market forces in their local area. Topics covered are: marketing after-market services; energy management retrofit; HVAC systems testing, adjusting, and balancing; indoor air quality; HVAC system balancing; indoor air quality; HVAC system commissioning/ recommissioning; duct cleaning; duct system analysis; system operation and maintenance; and CFC/HCFC retrofit.
198 pages, 1st Ed., 1995
Discounted Price $93.00 - List Price $135.00
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CADD Version 2.0 for the Architectural Sheet Metal Manual
A CADD version of the illustrations in SMACNA's 6th edition of the Architectural Sheet Metal Manual is available for use in CAD programs.  This CD contains all 169 figures in DXF Format that are used to illustrate the best practices in architectural sheet metal work.  Architects and designers are encouraged to use this invaluable resource to assure that their specifications reflect proper design details.  A 496-page Architectural Sheet Metal Manual is included in PDF format with every CADD version CD.
CD, 2004
Discounted Price $667.00 - List Price $951.00
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Change Orders
This manual gives the reasons for change orders, describes the type of change orders, and assesses the risk of change orders. Guidelines are provided for pricing, and for selling the change order.
40 pages, 3rd Ed., 2003
Discounted Price N/A - List Price $124.00
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Cost Reference Manual
Provides a source of the labour units data required to fabricate and install heating, ventilating, and air conditioning materials and equipment. Duct materials of all common types are covered separately for fabrication and installation rates by lbs/hr or hour per piece. The manual lists the national average of hours required to fabricate or install a given quantity of each item under typically normal conditions on typically normal projects. Guidance is included for adjusting the data for specific project types and unique site characteristics. Tables in the manual are based on surveys of active sheet metal and air-conditioning contractors in the US and Canada, including actual data from many projects, along with US government statistics and scholarly reports and journals. Metric conversions and a guide to determining shop burden are also included.
157 pages, 1st Ed., 1998
Discounted Price $305.00 - List Price $438.00
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Duct System Calculator
This calculator, complete with detailed instructions, enables HVAC system designers to design an average duct system without additional references. SMACNA's calculator is the only one in the industry to include the 0.0003 roughness factor duct friction loss data for designing straight, round, or rectangular sheet metal ducts. Also available in metric.
Circular slide rule, 1988
Discounted Price N/A - List Price $42.00
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Ducted Electric Heat Guide for Air Handling Systems
This is a comprehensive application and installation guide of ducted electric heaters and important factors relating to application, selection, location, installation and control.
42 pages, 2nd Ed., 1994
Discounted Price $32.00 - List Price $45.00
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Energy Systems Analysis and Management
Presents an updated level of technical information necessary for energy conservation and retrofits of today's commercial facilities. This new manual provides building owners, facility managers, contractors, and system designers with the tools needed to evaluate an existing facility for energy savings potential. Items of special interest include performance contracting, CFC refrigeration regulations, and new automation system open protocols. Other topics include HVAC heat recovery, energy auditing, operating and maintenance, and indoor air quality.
200 pages, 1st Ed., 1997
Discounted Price $127.00 - List Price $182.00
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Fibrous Glass Duct Construction Standards
The updated 88-page manual provides the performance characteristics for fibrous glass board as determined by the North American Insulation Manufacturers' Association (NAIMA) and Underwriters Laboratories (UL) as well as specifications for closures and illustrations of how to construct the full range of fittings.  Also covered are details for connections to equipment and air terminals, hanger schedules, reinforcement requirements, fabrication of rectangular duct fittings, closures of seams and joints, channel and tie rod reinforcements, plus hangers and supports.  For 2" w.g. or less.  Metric units have been provided in a more convenient format, as well as an updated inspection checklist.
88 pages, 7th Ed., 2003
Discounted Price $119.00 - List Price $171.00
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Fire, Smoke and Radiation Damper Installation Guide for HVAC Systems
The new edition has been updated from the 1992 edition and includes updated code references, NFPA references, and expanded guideline notes as to the details of damper installation. The appendices on smoke control and smoke detectors have been revised to reflect the current technology and requirements for those applications.
142 pages, 5th Ed., 2002
Discounted Price $85.00 - List Price $122.00
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Guide for Steel Stack Construction
This edition clarifies design criteria, improves consistency in symbols from different reference technical papers, and provides guidance for reinforcement of stack openings, and construction in the metric system. It includes tables for selection of free standing stacks from 20 ft. to 120 ft. high, and diameters to 84 inches, companion flange and stiffener sizes and stacks with access ladders and platforms. Designers and engineers will benefit from the manual's tables containing hundreds of stacks detailed and ready to go.  Sources of data on design of guyed stacks are also listed. 
102 pages, 2nd Ed., 1996
Discounted Price $93.00 - List Price $135.00
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Guidelines for Roof Mounted Outdoor Air-Conditioning Installations 
Contains guidelines for the installation of roof-mounted outdoor air-conditioner equipment as developed by SMACNA and the Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration Institute (ARI). To be used as a supplement to to the unit manufacturer's specific installation instructions. This booklet of waterproofing illustrations and reminders covers curb and roof penetrations and sealings, as well as the interface between the roof and location at which the unit, piping, electrical wiring or sheet metal ductwork pass through the roof. This guideline supersedes ARI Guideline B-1986.
28 pages, 2nd Ed., 1997
Discounted Price N/A - List Price $10.00
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HVAC Air Duct Leakage Test Manual
Solves duct leakage control using duct seal class and duct leakage class!  A companion to HVAC Duct Construction Standards - Metal and Flexible, this manual contains duct construction leakage classification; expected leakage rates for sealed and unsealed ductwork; duct leakage test procedures; recommendations on use of leakage testing; types of test apparatus; and test setup and sample leakage analysis. Also covered are orifice flow metre design and valuable references for fluid metre instrumentation.  This manual is referenced in ASHRAE's Energy Conservation Standard 90.1.  Identified as DALT by some government agencies.  Can be used for positive and negative pressure tests.
85 pages, 1st Ed., 1985
Discounted Price $79.00 - List Price $111.00
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HVAC Duct Construction Standards - Metal & Flexible
The third edition of the HVAC Duct Construction Standards - Metal and Flexible is intended primarily for commercial and institutional duct construction.  This American National Standard (ANSI/SMACNA 006-2006) contains tables and details for constructing ductwork for 1/2" to 10" w.g. positive and negative pressures.  This edition improves upon the second edition with expandable pressure class tables, separate tables for TDC/TDF construction and expanded tables for round duct construction including 6" w.g. positive and negative pressure and sizes up to 96".  New in this edition is an engineering and design chapter to provide additional information to design professionals, double-wall construction details, new casing construction details and additional accessory items.  The standard is applicable for construction using uncoated steel, galvanized and stainless steels and a limited range of aluminum ducts.  This standard has been adopted in the ICC International Mechanical Code.  Includes soft metrics.
390 pages, 3rd Ed., 2005
Discounted Price $189.00 - List Price $269.00
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HVAC Duct Design Home Study Course
This introductory self-paced course covers the history of air duct systems, bringing the student up to present-day basic HVAC duct systems that include smoke control systems and indoor air quality. Covers airflow fundamentals, and gives detailed instruction on duct system pressures, and how to handle both friction and dynamic losses in the system, with many examples of duct sizing and selection. Complete lessons are devoted to system effect, sound and noise, the conditioned space, VAV systems, and laboratory and field measurement of airflow. Includes: HVAC Duct Design Home Study Course Workbook; HVAC Systems - Duct Design Manual; test answers; final examination; certificate of course completion
210 pages, 1st Ed., 1992
Discounted Price $526.00 - List Price $752.00
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HVAC Duct Systems Inspection Guide
Contains guidelines for inspection of commercial HVAC duct systems for compliance with SMACNA's HVAC Duct Construction Standards Manual, Metal-Flexible (2nd Ed.) and Fibrous Glass Duct Construction Standards (6th Ed.).   It reviews materials and reinforcement of duct systems, as well as assembly and supports of ducts.  The Fire, Smoke and Radiation Damper Guide (4th Ed.) also summarizes installation details.  Checklists are included for ductwork and fire dampers. Valuable as a study guide for the HVAC Duct Construction Standards manual and for learning inspection procedures in general.  Includes soft metrics..
140 pages, 2nd. Ed., 2000
Discounted Price $105.00 - List Price $151.00
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HVAC Systems - Applications
This manual contains information on basic HVAC system selection and design; space conditions and requirements; types of air, hydronic and refrigeration systems; control systems and individual chapters on multi zone systems, dual duct systems, terminal reheat systems, variable air volume systems, induction systems, and special applications of duct systems.
360 pages, 1st Ed., 1987
Discounted Price $121.00 - List Price $173.00
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HVAC Systems Commissioning Manual
Commissioning is the process of ensuring the HVAC system meets the owner's operational requirements. The process works effectively for projects both large and small, simple and complex. It applies to the commercial, industrial, and institutional markets. This manual is a practical how-to guide for contractors, owners, and engineers interested in learning about commissioning for new buildings, and recommissioning for existing buildings. Separate chapters are devoted to the different levels of commissioning, including basic, comprehensive, and critical system commissioning. A thorough explanation of recommissioning leads through the preliminary investigation, survey, and documentation phase, the design and installation of system modifications, and the actual recommissioning test. The appendix contains a sample HVAC Systems Commissioning Specification, complete from the planning to the final execution stage.  Additionally the topics functional performance testing, operator training, MSDS forms and equipment data sheets and O & M manuals are covered.  It also includes sample reports and timesaving pre-start and start-up checklists. Use of these tested and proven sample forms and specifications will save hours of valuable time.
194 pages, 1st Ed., 1994
Discounted Price $63.00 - List Price $89.00
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HVAC Systems - Duct Design
A fundamental duct system design manual for commercial and light industrial heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems. System effects for inlets and outlets of fans, noise control in ducts and use of extractors, splinters and dampers are included. New loss coefficients for elbows with 45° throats on square and radius heels and radius throats with square heels. Losses compare favorably with elbows with double wall turning vanes in several cases. Structured to offer the designer options in energy-efficient design methods, materials and construction.
348 pages, 3rd Ed., 1990
Discounted Price $153.00 - List Price $219.00
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HVAC Systems - Testing, Adjusting and Balancing
This new version has been extensively updated from the 1993 version and includes all of the many changes that have taken place in the HVAC industry.  New sections covering VFD, DDC, lab hood exhaust balancing, and the latest changes in balancing equipment and procedures are included.
407 pages, 3rd Ed., 2002
Discounted Price $164.00 - List Price $236.00
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IAQ Guidelines for Occupied Buildings Under Construction
The IAQ Guideline is the only authoritative source for providing project management in maintaining satisfactory indoor air quality (IAQ) of occupied buildings undergoing renovation or construction.  The guideline covers how to manage the source of air pollutants, control measures, quality control and documentation, communication with occupants.  It includes example projects, tables, references, resources and checklists. The IAQ Guideline is referenced by the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED Green Building Rating System for Existing Buildings and New Construction.  SMACNA recommends the guide to architects, engineers, construction managers, facility managers, and building owners who will be involved in construction activities inside occupied buildings..
72 pages, 1st Ed., 1995
Discounted Price $93.00 - List Price $135.00
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Indoor Air Quality - A Systems Approach
This new manual is an update to the Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) manual. It provides for a system type approach to identifying and solving IAQ concerns, while introducing the fundamentals of IAQ. The manual also updates the technical aspects of IAQ with regard to typical contaminants found in today's facilities. Other topics covered are testing and identification and source mitigation. Time-saving IAQ tracking forms can be modified to meet specific contractor needs.
170 pages, 3rd. Ed., 1998
Discounted Price $105.00 - List Price $151.00
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Kitchen Ventilation Systems & Food Service Equipment Fabrication & Installation Guidelines
A basic reference guide to industry-accepted practices for fabrication and installation of commercial kitchen ventilation systems and custom-built food preparation equipment. Assists the designer, contractor and code officials in understanding the complexities of designing, installing, construction and balancing both the exhaust and make-up air systems required in commercial kitchen ventilation. The food service equipment section offers practical guidelines for designing, fabrication, evaluating and installing a wide range of custom-built food service equipment. Includes tables, shelves and wall lining details as well as minimum dimension and metal thickness standards for constructing light, medium and heavy-duty kitchen equipment that should provide owners with years of trouble-free usage. Developed in accordance with ANSI/NSF-2-1996. Also included is an appendix that provides application details for the seismic bracing of food service equipment.
199 pages, 1st Ed., 2001
Discount Price: $93.00 - List Price: $135.00
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Managers' Guide for Welding
This guide provides contractors, managers and supervisory employees with information to predict welding costs, audit welding productivity, and recognize welding quality. Updated coverage on estimating, safety, welder and welding procedures qualification, and the latest methods of joint design, along with updated figures and drawings. Specifications are given for electrodes, amperage, polarity and travel speed for SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, and FCAW processes. Covers steel, stainless steel and aluminum.
120 pages, 2nd Ed., 1993
Discounted Price N/A - List Price $89.00
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 Rectangular Industrial Duct Construction Standards
This second edition expands the scope of the 1980 version, updating original text to incorporate a revised theory of design, new materials and more "user friendly" tables.  Included are new tables for stainless steels and aluminum, plus expanded chapters on materials, welding practices, and a guide specification.  It covers the simple, low or moderate temperature and pressure (or vacuum) indoor systems as well as them more complex outdoor systems that operate at moderate to high temperature and pressure (or vacuum), and are subject to higher and more complex external loading.
448 pages, 2nd Ed., 2004
Discounted Price $262.00 - List Price $364.00
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Residential Comfort System Installation Standards Manual
This publication incorporates complete and comprehensive installation standards for residential heating and cooling systems.  The manual incorporates the current technology available for contractors and designers to provide a state-of-the-art systems.  Sections include load calculations, duct design, duct construction, insulation, vents, air terminals, control applications, system specifications and other updated industry equipment and methods for residential systems.  Also covered are forced air heating, heat pumps, automatic control thermostats, flues and sound and vibration.  Includes soft metrics.
150 pages, 7th Ed., 1998
Discounted Price $93.00 - List Price $135.00
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Residential Sheet Metal Guidelines
The first edition of SMACNA's "Residential Sheet Metal Guidelines" offers contractors, designers, builders and homeowners a source of expert information on the proper fabrication and installation of exterior sheet metal in residential buildings.  Covering topics that include roof drainage systems, decks, chimneys, windows, doors and ledges, the manual presents details and explanations based on and designed for low-rise residential buildings, up to three stories, that are used as single-family and multi-family dwellings. The guide also highlights details commonly used in residential sheet metal work throughout the industry. In addition to generic detail drawings, design data and the appendixes will help users to adapt the drawings to local climate and project conditions. Carefully examining the information along with the local climate conditions will enable manual users to select the proper details for practically any residential architectural sheet metal application.
130 pages, 1st Ed., 2001
Discounted Price $121.00 - List Price $173.00
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Round Industrial Duct Construction Standards
This American National Standard (ANSI) expands the scope of the 1977 version, updating original text to incorporate a revised theory of design, new materials and more "user friendly" tables.  Offers a standardized, engineered basis for design and construction of industrial ducts of Classes 1 to 5.  Includes a spiral duct chapter for Classes 1 and 2, covers design pressures ranging from 30" w.g. negative to 50" w.g. positive, plus carbon and galvanized steel tables. Changes to the manual include expanded tables for stainless steel and aluminum, expanded tables for duct sizes up to 96 inches in diameter, introduction of a new Duct Class 5 for systems handling corrosives, and spiral lockseam pipe.  As alternatives to table use, the publication has a manual calculation  procedure using equations and fully developed examples, and offers an optional calculation software.
648 pages, 2nd Ed., 1999
Discounted Price $262.00 - List Price $364.00
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Seismic Restraint Manual: Guidelines for Mechanical Systems
This American National Standard (ANSI) is an updated set of flexible guidelines that shows designers and contractors how to determine the correct restraints for sheet metal ducts, piping, and conduit, so that they are more likely to remain attached to the building during an earthquake. Shows how very low-risk and very high-risk areas of the country can be easily and equally accommodated. New are additional reader aids, alternate-bracing details, and details for floor-supported piping and ductwork. Also included are details for seismic joints in pipes, transverse bracing for steam pipes and a suggested detail for variable air volume terminals. Meets California Building Code, Title 24, Part 2 and California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) standards for seismic restraint requirements for bracing ductwork, piping and conduit.  Addendum #1 (September 2000) has been published, which is intended to be utilized in conjunction with the existing structural details in the Seismic Restraint Manual.
238 pages, 2nd Ed, 1998
Discounted Price $153.00 - List Price $219.00
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Standard Practice in Sheet Metal Work
More than a history book, this handsome publication contains a collection of 1929 system design data and graphic illustrations, including pattern layouts representing the best-known practices in the industry proven over a period of years. With today's emphasis on restoration, refurbishing, rebuilding, and retrofitting, architects will find this publication more than just of historical interest. Architectural sections include elaborate cornices, skylights, domes, spires, spun balusters, gargoyles, marquise, storefronts, metal buildings, and metal roofs. A majority of drawings are to scale.  Another section is on heating and ventilating systems including gravity furnaces. Blowpipe sections cover design, layout, construction and equipment.
768 pages, reprint of 1929 Ed.
Discounted price $219.00 - List Price $304.00
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Thermoplastic Duct (PVC) Construction Manual
Contains the latest and most useful information from manufacturers, fabricators, and corrosion specialists on the use and application of thermoplastic materials. This fully illustrated manual provides full construction details and standards for PVC ducts of 2", 4", 6" and 10" w.g. positive and negative. It guides in understanding these synthetic materials, as well as assistance in determining their strengths, corrosion resistance and advantages over other materials. A model specification enables one to easily prepare custom project documents for installation of PVC air handling systems. Also covered are polypropylene and polyethylene, CPVC, LDPE, HDPE, UHMW, ABS, Acrylics, and PVDF.  Includes soft metrics.
146 pages, 2nd Ed, 1995
Discounted price $105.00 - List Price $151.00
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Thermoset FRP Duct Construction Manual
SMACNA contractors researched the current and future potential uses of fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) duct as well as its physical properties, to provide contractors, architects, engineers, managers, and plant owners with this authoritative resource that can be relied upon for the proper selection, manufacture, and installation FRP duct systems. Covers design procedures for the manufacture and installation of round duct systems ranging from 4" to 72" in diameter, and rectangular duct systems ranging from 12" to 96" in width and depth, operating at a static pressure within a range from -30" w.g. to +30" w.g., within a temperatures range from ambient to 180 degrees F.  Includes soft metrics. 
208 Pages 1st Ed., 1997
Discounted Price $119.00 - List Price $171.00
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