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Organizing Residential Utilities:
A New Approach to Housing Quality
November 2004, 80 pages Pipes and wires and ducts, oh my! How can we prevent utility entanglement from impeding innovation? Full Text: [IMAGE: bullet image] Adobe Acrobat ( *.pdf, 1.74 MB)
NOTE: Adobe Reader is required to download, view, and/or print PDF files. If your computer does not have this software, you must first download Adobe Reader and follow the installation instructions before accessing PDF files from PATH's Web site. Utility systems, including ducts, wires, and pipes, run almost haphazardly through the walls of stick-built homes, sometimes compromising structure and insulating integrity, and often making repair and modification difficult. This report outlines methods for disentangling utilities, which has great potential to reduce the time, cost, and complexity of construction. Key Results:
Recommendations for Builders and Remodelers:
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Recommendations for Manufacturers:
See page 6 for an historical timeline of the evolution of utility systems in the average home. See Appendix B for a database of potentially relevant disentangling technologies. |
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