SOFWARE OPTIMIZATION OF A TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTION FOR WATERPROOFING REHABILITATION OF RISING DAMP AFFECTED WALLS

Abstract

The drainage practice of buildings affected by capillary moisture represents a complex issue and allows a technical approach from multiple points of view. In old buildings (such as castles, cathedrals, churches) was found in many cases an increase of capillary moisture at basement and foundations level, with consequences in degradation of finishes, plaster and even walls. Several causes that have led to these deficiencies are: heating some areas that were design to work unheated, different construction works that created barriers to the moisture movement, the raise of water table or inadequate work for rainwater capture and removal process. The aim of this article is, on the one hand, to present a brief technological description of a system which allows the complete removal of rising damp phenomenon in walls, and on the other hand, to provide users with a software application in order to facilitate the analysis from theoretical point of view of multiple choices for method implementation, as well as practical approach, in terms of expressing the cost of intervention.