Maintainability of wet areas of non‐residential buildings

Abstract

This paper discusses some important findings from a research project on the maintainability of wet areas of high‐rise non‐residential, buildings. The implications of six key factors of maintainability namely water‐tightness, spatial, integrity, ventilation, material and plumbing on the occurrence of 14 most common defects found in wet areas were evaluated. Problem areas evaluated include water leakage from ceiling, staining/discolouration, paint defects, cracking/spalling of concrete, cracking/debonding of tiles, fungi/algae growth, pipe leakage and corrosion. An industry wide survey was conducted and the factors including workmanship, design detailing, maintenance and material incompatibility under tropical conditions are identified and discussed.

Citation

Chew, M.Y.L., De Silva, N. and Tan, S.S. (2004), "Maintainability of wet areas of non‐residential buildings", Structural Survey, Vol. 22 No. 1, pp. 39-52. https://doi.org/10.1108/02630800410530918