Durability considerations of refurbished external walls

Petr Hradil; T. Toratti; Erkki Vesikari; Miguel Ferreira; Tarja Häkkinen

doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2013.11.081

Durability considerations of refurbished external walls

Petr Hradil, T. Toratti, Erkki Vesikari, Miguel Ferreira, Tarja Häkkinen

Finnish Association of Building Industries (RTT)

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Abstract

The paper present results of the European project Sustainable Refurbishment of Building Facades and External Walls. The objective of the research was to analyse the durability of refurbished outdoor walls on the bases of building-physical analyses and estimate the benefits of refurbishment on concrete façade. All analyses were made for concrete walls in Nordic conditions when an exterior insulation layer is added. The major part of building envelope failures was caused by excessive moisture content of building materials. This topic has a high industrial relevance and the results can be utilised as recommendations for refurbishment projects.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	162-172
Journal	Construction and Building Materials
Volume	53
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2013.11.081 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2013.11.081
Publication status	Published - Feb 2014
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

durability
refurbishment
concrete degradation
building physics
insulation
water leak

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