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IF THE LEVEL OF THE GROUND FLOOR IS AT THE SAME LEVEL AS THE GROUND SURFACE, THE DAMP PROOFING COURSE AND THE DAMP PROOFING MEMBRANE SHOULD BE CONTINUOUS AND STEPPED VERTICALLY AS SHOWN IN THE FIGURE. IT SHOULD BE FLEXIBLE AND AT THE JUNCTION IT SHOULD BE FILLET AT 75 MM RADIUS AS SHOWN.
IF TWO FLOORS ARE AT DIFFERENT LEVELS, DIVIDED BY AN INTERNAL WALL, THE DAMP PROOFING COURSE ON THE INTERNAL WALL SHOULD BE AT THE LEVEL OF THE LOWER FLOOR. THE BASIC PRINCIPAL OF STEPPING IT WITH THE DAMP PROOFING MEMBRANE ON THE FLOOR MUST ALSO BE APPLIED. AN ADDITIONAL VERTICAL DAMP PROOFING MEMBRANE MUST BE APPLIED TO PREVENT MOISTURE FROM ENTERING THROUGH THE STAGGERED FLOOR LEVELS.
THIS METHOD IS USED TO PREVENT MOISTURE FROM ENTERING THE WALLS THROUGH THE ADJACENT GROUND. A HOLLOW CHAMBER OF AIR IS CONSTRUCTED PARALLEL TO THE EXTERNAL WALL. THE WIDTH MAY BE 200-300 MM .THE CHAMBER IS CLOSED ON THE TOP BY RCC OR STONE TOP WITH GRATED OPENINGS AT REGULAR INTERVALS. THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL DAMP PROOFING COURSES MAY BE PROVIDED AS SHOWN.
FOR A SLOPED SITE, THE DAMP PROOF COURSE SHOULD BE STEPPED SUCH THAT IT REMAINS AT A MINIMUM VERTICAL DISTANCE OF 150 MM FROM THE GROUND. THE DAMP PROOF COURSE MAY BE OF ANY SUITABLE, FLEXIBLE MATERIAL SUCH AS BITUMINOUS FELTS ETC.
PROVISION OF COPING ON TOP OF THE WALL SURFACE, PREVENTS THE ENTRY OF DAMP FROM THE TOP SURFACE OF THE WALL.
COPING MAY BE PROVIDED BYMEANS OF: STONE PCC METAL FLASHING MOULDED RCC PARAPET ALL FORMS OF COPING MUST BE SLOPED IN ORDER TO PREVENT WATER STAGNATING ON THE TOP SURFACE
WATER PROOFING OF FLAT ROOFS MAY BE DONE BY ANY OF THE FOUR METHODS:
FINISHING BEDDING CONCRETE AND FLOORING MASTIC ASPHALT AND JUTE CLOTH USE OF WATER PROOFING COMPOUND
FINISHING
FOR BUILDINGS OF CHEAP CONSTRUCTION, THE FINISHING OFROOF SURFACE IS DONE AT THE TIME OF LAYING THE CEMENT CONCRETE. THE FINISHING OF FLAT ROOF IS CARRIED OUT IN CEMENT MORTAR OF PROPORTION 1:4
BEDDING CONCRETE AND FLOORING THE RCC SLAB SURFACE IS KEPT ROUGH AND ON THIS SURFACE, A 100 MM LAYER OF CONCRETE IS LAID. THE CONCRETE MAY BE CEMENT CONCRETE OR LIME CONCRETE. THE SURFACE OF THE CONCRETE IS FINISHED BY A LAYER OF SUITABLE FLOORING SUCH AS TILES, TERRAZO, IPS ETC. A CONVEX JOINT IS PROVIDED AT THE JUNCTION TO PREVENT STAGNATION AT JOINTS.
DAMP PROOFING OF CURVED ROOF IN A PITCHED ROOF, A TROUGH, KNOWN AS A GUTTER IS PROFIDED AT THE END OF THE SLOPE. THE GUTTER RUNS ALONG THE FULL LENGTH OF THE ROOF.
AT SUITABLE POINTS ALONG THIS LENGTH, OUTLET POINTS ARE PROVIDED WHERE RAIN WATER PIPES ARE CONNECTED TO TAKE THE WATER DOWN. THE RAIN WATER PIPES ,MAY BE MADE OF COPPER, LEAD, MILD STEEL, CAST IRON OR ASBESTOS CEMENT.