Print Email Facebook Twitter "Electro-physical" methods to stop rising damp Title "Electro-physical" methods to stop rising damp: Assessment of the effectiveness in two case studies Author Lubelli, B. (TU Delft Heritage & Technology; TNO) van Hees, R.P.J. (TU Delft Heritage & Technology; TNO) Miedema, L. (TU Delft Heritage & Technology) Fugazzotto, M. (ISAC-CNR) Sardella, A. (ISAC-CNR) Bonazza, A. (ISAC-CNR) Contributor Rörig-Dalgaard, Inge (editor) Ioannou, Ioannis (editor) Date 2016 Abstract Rising damp is a recurrent hazard to ancient buildings and its relevance is expected to increase in future, due to climate changes. In spite of the large diffusion of methods and products to stop rising damp, scientific literature on their effectiveness in the field is often scarce and not conclusive. This is particularly true for recent solutions; examples are the “electro-physical” methods, which are currently flourishing in many countries. These methods are often lacking a scientifically based proof of their working principles and effectiveness. Within the JPI-CH project EMERISDA, the effectiveness of two different commercial electro-physical devices was investigated in two case-studies. The devices were positioned in such a way as to include humid walls under the influence of the device as well as humid walls, comparable in orientation and structure, out of its reach, to be used as reference. The effectiveness of the devices was assessed by collection of samples at different heights and depths in the walls and gravimetric determination of their moisture content. Conclusions are drawn on the effectiveness of the methods by comparing the moisture content before and one year after the intervention, taking into account the variation in moisture content in the reference walls. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:dd49ddba-6db1-44e1-93d2-a844acb85a41 Publisher RILEM Publications S.A.R.L., Paris, France Access restriction Campus only ISBN 978-2-35158-178-0 Source Proceedings of the International RILEM Conference Materials, Systems and Structures in Civil Engineering 2016: Segment on Historical Masonry Event International RILEM Conference on Materials, Systems and Structures in Civil Engineering, 2016-08-22 → 2016-08-24, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2016 B. Lubelli, R.P.J. van Hees, L. Miedema, M. Fugazzotto, A. Sardella, A. Bonazza Files PDF Lubelli_etal_risingdamp_R ... EM2016.pdf 450.87 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:dd49ddba-6db1-44e1-93d2-a844acb85a41/datastream/OBJ/view