Moisture In Buildings

This one day course which is presented by Graham Coleman is about the mechanics of moisture in a building, how to look for and survey pre-existing conditions and shows techniques / methods for solving dispute cases.

Course content includes:

• Sources of water in Buildings
• importance of identification
• features of the sources
 
• Distribution of water in materials
   
• Methods of measuring and assessing moisture:
• electrical moisture meters - types, use and interpretation of results
• carbide (‘Speedy’) meter - use
• gravimetric methods and case studies
• environmental moisture
 
• Contaminant salts found in buildings:
• origin and effects (hygroscopic/efflorescent)
• Specific salts in building materials and associated problems
 
• Wood rotting fungi:
• Dry rot (Serpula lacrymans)
• Cellar fungus (Coniophora puteana)
• Control of rot.
• Other fungi in buildings
 
• Rising damp:
• Presence and features/heights of rise
• Remedial damp-proof courses – types and performance
• Control of rising damp and re-plastering
 
• Condensation:
• Condensation -v- other sources of dampness
• Understanding relative humidity, vapour pressure and environmental moisture
• Water vapour in buildings and its origin.
• ‘Dry’, ‘moist’ and ‘wet’ occupancies (BS5250:2002 including case studies
• use of relative humidity in environmental assessments
 
• Measuring environmental moisture:
• hygrometers, surface temperatures, data loggers
• understanding data
 
• Assessment of collected data - Case studies
   
• Interstitial condensation
   
• Control of condensation

At A Glance:

Moisture In Buildings - Cost: £225 - Prerequisite None - Duration 1 Day

Booking could not be easier...

• Call us on 01252 821185, or
• Download and complete the booking form
  and then
• fax to: 01252 715725, or
• email to: information@nationalfloodschool.co.uk, or
• post to: The National Flood School, 47a Wrecclesham Road, Farnham, Surrey. GU9 8TY