4. Bases and foundations for buildings
It's essential to prevent the appearance of water or moisture in underground premises: cellars, parking lots and other underground basements and engineering structures.
Protecting walls from the effects of water is a complex problem:
the many possible sources of water: groundwater, seepage or runoff on exterior walls, capillary rise in damp soils, rainwater, accidental leaks from fluid networks, etc;
by the nature of the terrain;
depending on the type of foundation.
If the structure is immersed, even intermittently, in whole or in part, a casing is required.
If it is permanently above the water level in the ground, the water acts without pressure on the walls, so all that's needed is to treat...
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Waterproofing engineering structures
Bibliography
General works
Recent thesis
Professional rules: DTU and CPT
▪ Unified technical documents
- Installation work – Waterproofing of flat roofs with load-bearing masonry elements – Part 1: Technical specifications – Part 2: special clauses (commercial reference for parts 1 and 2 of DTU 43.1). - DTU 43.1 -
- Installation work – Waterproofing of flat roofs with load-bearing masonry elements – Part 1: Technical specifications. - DTU 43.1 -
- Building work...
Standardization
French and European standards AFNOR
Flexible sealing foils
- Flexible sealing foils – Part 1: bituminous roofing membranes – Determination of dimensional stability. - NF EN 1107-1 - Décembre 1999
- Flexible sealing foils – Determining dimensional stability – Part 2: plastic and elastomer roof waterproofing sheets....
Manufacturers of waterproofing systems
(Non-exhaustive list)
Axter E-mail : [email protected]http://www.axter.fr
Meple – Groupe IKO http://www.meple.com
Siplast Icopal
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Characteristics of some commercial coatings used as examples in the articles [C 3555] and [C 3 556]
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Hyrène TS from Axter (table 1 )
Hyrène and Hyrène TS are waterproofing systems comprising several layers or sheets of SBS modified bitumen.
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Example of a data sheet
This example concerns the Sikaplan ® membrane from Sika Trocal, which has the following application characteristics:
material/composition: reinforced PVC-P calendered waterproofing membrane, non-bitumen-resistant, UV-resistant;
field of application: mechanically fastened single-layer waterproofing...
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