The Codes Guidebook for Interiors by Sharon Koomen Harmon, Katherine E. Kennon
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Book Reviews of The Codes Guidebook for Interiors
Book Review: codes book review
Summary: 5 Stars
The book came in great condition, I edge of the cover was bent, but could have easily happened during shipping.Book Review: The Codes Guidebook for Interiors
Summary: 5 Stars
A must have for Interior Design Students. This book has been helpful to me so far in school.Book Review: Good, could be better.
Summary: 4 Stars
This book describes codes in a very easy to understand conversational manner.
It could be better in two ways:
1)Include ADAAG/ANSI 117.1. ANSI 117 is a building code and most jurisdictions follow it, so omitting it from the book is a major oversight.
2)While The Codes Guidebook for Interiors does a good job of bringing together disparate code requirements into a single paragraph summary, it still needs to tell a designer WHERE in the codebook to find the actual language. If I design a door the way the Codes Guidebook says, I cannot tell the inspector,"Well that's the way the Codes Guidebook says to do it"--I have to show him the actual code sections that support my design. Since the Codes Guidebook doesn't tell me which sections to go to, I end up doing just as much work, if not more, because I have to pour over the model code to find how the book arrived at the summarized solution. Specific sources need to be cited frequently.
Book Review: Must Read!
Summary: 4 Stars
I have really enjoyed "The Codes Guidebook for Interiors" - both the textbook and the workbook. I am using it to study for the NCIDQ exam and expect that this will make a significant impact on my test grade as it relates to codes. It's well written and easy to understand, especially when you couple the textbook with the guidebook. Good graphics for us visual learners! Additionally, it enables you to test yourself to see if you have clearly understood the material with real problems for you to solve. An explanation of the correct solutions are provided as well, which is helpful in clarifying at times why an answer is a better choice. My only complaint is that a few of the questions are ambiguous, but it does lead you to dig further which is not all bad.Book Review: Good book to help understand IBC code book
Summary: 4 Stars
This book really helped make some of the tables in the IBC code book more understandable. However, some of the examples in the book lead to more confusion in class than they helped (mostly because the "mistakes" made were likely deliberate, but too little accompanying discussion was given to explain where the mistake was).