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In-depth guides and practical articles on designer wallcoverings.

• Writing a wallcovering spec section that actually holds up in Division 09 72 00 Where wallcovering lives in CSI MasterFormat, how the three-part section is organized, and the lines a specifier has to get right before a project goes out to bid.
• The submittal package: samples, product data, and the paper trail a specifier reviews What a contractor is required to submit before the first roll is hung, and what a specifier is actually checking when the package lands on the desk.
• Fire testing, decoded: ASTM E84, NFPA 286, and which one your occupancy needs Flame-spread class is not one test. Here is how the tunnel test and the room-corner test differ, and why the building code sometimes demands the harder one.
• Basis of design versus proprietary spec: keeping a project competitive and enforceable How to specify the exact look a designer wants without writing a sole-source document that stalls at bid or gets value-engineered out.