Man started constructing concrete houses since long but surely after building houses made of wood. Both the materials had a common problem that water could easily seep inside the house from the joints, roof r cracks present in the walls. To minimize the problems engineers started placing different sheets made of metal on the roof but still the problem was not solved completely.
In the 1970's an idea of waterproofing membrane was introduced. The idea was to put such membranes made of plastic, styrene-butadiene-styrene, Hypalon, Butyl etc between on the outside of walls. The basic problem was water seeping through the roof and the solution was to put these waterproofing membranes on the roof.
In past, different sheets of metals were used as water proofing membranes but the idea was not successful as water could corrode almost every metal. Then water proofing membranes made of plastic and few other materials were used on the outer side of the walls and roof. These membranes were very effective but they also failed due to the condensation which starts after a few years. To minimize this problem it was deduced to place multiple membranes and there must be left some small pores for air ventilation. The solution was not so bad but it could only increase the time period for a few more years.
This was not the end there was another problem yet to face. The waterproofing membranes which were successful in the outer walls and roofs of the buildings completely failed in the basements. Water could come out of anywhere and easily dame these membranes resulting in damaging the base of the building.
The waterproofing membranes used in the outer part of the buildings were quite not successful in the basements as basements are usually humid and water can easily infiltrate through walls and joints in the basement. This problem was also successfully solved by using Polymer waterproofing membranes.
In the 1970's an idea of waterproofing membrane was introduced. The idea was to put such membranes made of plastic, styrene-butadiene-styrene, Hypalon, Butyl etc between on the outside of walls. The basic problem was water seeping through the roof and the solution was to put these waterproofing membranes on the roof.
In past, different sheets of metals were used as water proofing membranes but the idea was not successful as water could corrode almost every metal. Then water proofing membranes made of plastic and few other materials were used on the outer side of the walls and roof. These membranes were very effective but they also failed due to the condensation which starts after a few years. To minimize this problem it was deduced to place multiple membranes and there must be left some small pores for air ventilation. The solution was not so bad but it could only increase the time period for a few more years.
This was not the end there was another problem yet to face. The waterproofing membranes which were successful in the outer walls and roofs of the buildings completely failed in the basements. Water could come out of anywhere and easily dame these membranes resulting in damaging the base of the building.
The waterproofing membranes used in the outer part of the buildings were quite not successful in the basements as basements are usually humid and water can easily infiltrate through walls and joints in the basement. This problem was also successfully solved by using Polymer waterproofing membranes.
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