Study of rising dampness problem in housing area in Klang Valley, Malaysia
Dampness is a major problem in building. It can leads to old and modern buildings to deteriorate and contribute to building decay. Rising damp is part of dampness that can be categorized as one of the major problem in building particularly in residential building whereas it can affect the building...
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| author | Hassan, Muhamad Hanif Othuman Mydin, Md Azree Utaberta, Nangkula |
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| description | Dampness is a major problem in building. It can leads to old and modern buildings to deteriorate and contribute to building decay. Rising damp is part of dampness that can be categorized as one of the major problem in building particularly in residential building whereas it can affect the building and health of the user. This study was conducted to investigate and examine rising damp problem in landed residential building throughout Klang Valley area. From the site observations, rising damp had been identified during the inspection and investigation. Some of the owner of the affected building does not realized and have knowledge about the problem until this study was carried out at their buildings. Hence, this study identified some of the causes are defective damp proof course, effects of the soils salts in groundwater, humid conditions, water penetrations and piping leakage. Thus, the correct diagnosis and analysis of rising damp problem was carried out to overcome the problems in. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-464152022-06-20T03:37:48Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46415/ Study of rising dampness problem in housing area in Klang Valley, Malaysia Hassan, Muhamad Hanif Othuman Mydin, Md Azree Utaberta, Nangkula Dampness is a major problem in building. It can leads to old and modern buildings to deteriorate and contribute to building decay. Rising damp is part of dampness that can be categorized as one of the major problem in building particularly in residential building whereas it can affect the building and health of the user. This study was conducted to investigate and examine rising damp problem in landed residential building throughout Klang Valley area. From the site observations, rising damp had been identified during the inspection and investigation. Some of the owner of the affected building does not realized and have knowledge about the problem until this study was carried out at their buildings. Hence, this study identified some of the causes are defective damp proof course, effects of the soils salts in groundwater, humid conditions, water penetrations and piping leakage. Thus, the correct diagnosis and analysis of rising damp problem was carried out to overcome the problems in. Penerbit Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2015 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46415/1/Study%20of%20rising%20dampness%20problem%20in%20housing%20area%20in%20Klang%20Valley%2C%20Malaysia.pdf Hassan, Muhamad Hanif and Othuman Mydin, Md Azree and Utaberta, Nangkula (2015) Study of rising dampness problem in housing area in Klang Valley, Malaysia. Jurnal Teknologi, 75 (5). pp. 113-119. ISSN 0127-9696; ESSN: 2180-3722 https://journals.utm.my/jurnalteknologi/article/view/5080 10.11113/jt.v75.5080 |
| spellingShingle | Hassan, Muhamad Hanif Othuman Mydin, Md Azree Utaberta, Nangkula Study of rising dampness problem in housing area in Klang Valley, Malaysia |
| title | Study of rising dampness problem in housing area in Klang Valley, Malaysia |
| title_full | Study of rising dampness problem in housing area in Klang Valley, Malaysia |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Study of rising dampness problem in housing area in Klang Valley, Malaysia |
| title_short | Study of rising dampness problem in housing area in Klang Valley, Malaysia |
| title_sort | study of rising dampness problem in housing area in klang valley malaysia |
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