ASTM E2136-04

Standard Guide for Specifying and Evaluating Performance of Single Family Attached and Detached Dwellings-Durability

SCOPE
1.1 This guide gives examples of performance statements for durable in-place materials, products, components, subsystems, and systems for single family attached and detached dwellings, considering the effects of normal degradation factors to which they are anticipated to be subjected over their service lives. provides a listing of the sections of this Guide that address durability including the performance statements.
1.2 Damage from extreme acts of nature, vandalism, or intentional destructive acts by dwelling inhabitants are not considered as normal degradation factors affecting durability in this guide.Note 1
Performance statements regarding the performance of single family attached and detached dwellings under extreme acts of nature are addressed in the Guide on Structural Safety and Serviceability.
1.3 This document also addresses site planning in so far as it affects the durability of single family attached and detached dwellings.
1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. The values in parentheses are for information.
1.5 This guide is not intended to be used as a prescriptive regulatory document.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 30-Sep-2004
• ICS: 91.040.30 - Residential buildings
• Technical Committee: E06 - Performance of Buildings
• Drafting Committee: E06.25 - Whole Buildings and Facilities

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM E2136-01 - Standard Guide for Specifying and Evaluating Performance of Single Family Attached and Detached Dwellings-Durability
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2004
• Referred By: ASTM E2556/E2556M-10(2022) - Standard Specification for Vapor Permeable Flexible Sheet Water-Resistive Barriers Intended for Mechanical Attachment
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2004
• Referred By: ASTM E241-20 - Standard Guide for Limiting Water-Induced Damage to Buildings
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2004

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: E2136 − 04 AnAmerican National Standard
Standard Guide for
Specifying and Evaluating Performance of Single Family
1
Attached and Detached Dwellings—Durability
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E2136; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
INTRODUCTION
This standard guide is part of a set which together presents a complete performance standard guide
for specifying and evaluating single family attached and detached dwellings. The complete set in the
series, when finished, is to include the attributes given in Fig. 1.
The series provides a framework for specifying and evaluating qualities of building products and
systems to meet user needs without limiting ways and means. The format for this standard guide
includes performance statements that consist of four components, Objectives-Criteria-Evaluation-
Commentary (O-C-E-C), which together provide a systematic performance based approach for the
intended purpose. These performance statements are presented in Section 8 against a Hierarchy of
Building Elements as tabulated in Fig. 2.
The purpose of these standard guides is to provide a standardized methodology for describing
performance parameters of single-family attached or detached dwellings. This methodology standard-
izes the descriptions of performance of a single-family dwelling, attached or detached, that can be
expressed as performance statements (O-C-E-C) for a particular attribute, degradation factor, and user
need.
These standard guides are intended for use by those who need to prescribe required levels of
performance and those who need to rate a product which forms a single-family dwelling or part
thereof. The standard guides include examples of performance statements that may be used for the
specification and evaluation of design, materials, products, components, subsystems, and systems.
NOTE 1—Performance statements regarding the performance of single
1. Scope
family attached and detached dwellings under extreme acts of nature are
1.1 This guide gives examples of performance statements
addressed in the Guide on Structural Safety and Serviceability.
for durable in-place materials, products, components,
1.3 This document also addresses site planning in so far as
subsystems, and systems for single family attached and de-
it affects the durability of single family attached and detached
tacheddwellings,consideringtheeffectsofnormaldegradation
dwellings.
factors to which they are anticipated to be subjected over their
1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the
service lives. Table 1 provides a listing of the sections of this
standard. The values in parentheses are for information.
Guide that address durability including the performance state-
ments.
1.5 This guide is not intended to be used as a prescriptive
regulatory document.
1.2 Damage from extreme acts of nature, vandalism, or
intentional destructive acts by dwelling inhabitants are not
2. Referenced Documents
consideredasnormaldegradationfactorsaffectingdurabilityin
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
this guide.
B117 Practice for Operating Salt Spray (Fog) Apparatus
C1036 Specification for Flat Glass
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E06 on Performance
of Buildings and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E06.25 on Whole
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Buildings and Facilities. For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2004. Published October 2004. Originally
contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
approved in 2001. Last previous edition approved in 2001 as E2136 – 01. DOI:
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
10.1520/E2136-04.
the ASTM website.
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FIG. 1 Attributes Addressed in the Series of Performance Standards
C1048 Specification for Heat-Strengthened and Fully Tem- Prediction of the Service Life of Building Components
pered Flat Glass and Materials
C1172 Specification for Laminated Architectural Flat Glass
E695 Test Method of Measuring Relative Resistance of
C1349 Specification for Architectural Flat Glass Clad Poly-
Wall, Floor, and Roof Construction to Impact Loading
carbonate
E773 Test Method for Accelerated Weathering of Sealed
3
D225 Specification for Asphalt Shingles (Organic Felt) Sur-
Insulating Glass Units (Withdrawn 2010)
faced With Mineral Granules
E774 Specification for
...