Building Pathology and Rehabilitation Techniques – A Rising Damp Treatment Catalogue

Abstract

Characterized by excessive moisture at the base of a wall that slowly diminishes in the ascending direction of the wall, rising damp may contaminate building materials with hygroscopic salts. The selection of treatment methods for rising damp should be supported by an exhaustive evaluation and study of the conditioning factors to achieve a successful outcome of the treatment. Many intervention techniques exist for situations that present rising damp, varying in approach and application methods.Due to the information about treatment products and systems for rising damp being generally dispersed, this may cause the selection of treatments with inadequate approaches that hinder the effectiveness. Thus, a necessity exists to collect and systematize information on all treatment options for rising damp. HUMITECNIC files/catalogue allows the fulfilment of that objective.HUMITECNIC files/catalogue is prepared based on an extensive search of systems, products and treatments in the civil engineering marketplace, patented or not, accompanied when necessary by a suitable bibliography. In this way, the user is presented with different treatment options that communicate the intervention approach, the technology used, installation process, relevant properties, application and limitations. In a way to promote the information to users in a dynamic an interactive way, the catalogue is available from the purpose built HUMITECNIC website.