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WATER PROOFING
Water proofing is the formation of an impervious barrier which isdesigned to prevent water entering or escaping from various sections of  building structures.Water proofing can be applied to various substrates and back groundssuch as
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Cement
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Concrete
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Render 
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Fiber 
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Cement sheets
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Gypsum boards and
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Timber.
WATER PROOFING PRODUCTS :
Water proofing products such as mainly classified into categories.
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Bituminous
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Butyl rubber 
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 Neoprene rubber 
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Hypalon etc…, 
TYPES OF WATER PROOFING:
Water proofing can be classified into three types.
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Membrane or Barrier water proofing.
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In depth water proofing or water proofing by Crystallization.3.Grouting of structure.1.MEMBRANE WATER PROOFING:In Membrane or Barrier water proofing an external layer is formedwhich makes barrier to water leakage. This system can be classified asfurther into the following.a)Cementitous water proofing. b)Polymer membrane water proofing.
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Combination of Cementitous and Polymer membrane waofingter  proofing.a.CEMENTITOUS WATER PROOFING :Cementitous water proofing systems are one that uses cementitous materials.E.g.:i.External plaster ii.Box type water proofing using stonesiii.Brick bat coba systems.
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