Living with the leaky building legacy
There’s plenty of work repairing leaky buildings, but these projects can be a mixed blessing for builders, as the costs involved can be hard for owners to accept.
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There’s plenty of work repairing leaky buildings, but these projects can be a mixed blessing for builders, as the costs involved can be hard for owners to accept.
A common feature of many leaky buildings is that they were constructed without eaves, usually with walls terminating with a parapet. Changing this design detail can greatly enhance a building’s weathertightness.
Another common feature of many leaky buildings that can be worth changing is the flush gable or the roof gable hidden behind a parapet.
Designing solutions for weathertightness problems is a growth sector of the industry, yet it is an area many designers are unfamiliar with. What are the factors that need to be considered for this type of work?
Careful thought must be put in to remediating a leaky building, even before work begins. From handling anxious clients to the extra safety issues these projects can pose, builders need to educate themselves about the potential obstacles.