While laying the damp proof course, the level of the plinth’s surface must be checked longitudinally and transversely. The damp proof course should be applied to the top of the walls with frogs of the brick downward. Side forms or shuttering of 2.5 cm thick and solid wooden battens should...
Proper methods of construction of: brick masonry, hollow block masonry - beams, lintels, columns, flooring, damp proof course, surface finishes, doors and windows, roofing. Environmental Engineering: Sources of Water Supply, Water Requirements, Purification of Water InvolVing Sedimentation, Filtration ...
Before deciding upon the method of remedial measures, a thorough investigation need be made to ascertain the exact location of leakage in the lime terracing layer. It may so happen that the leakage in the water proofing course is not at the same spot where the damp patch is observed in the...