Maintenance of pointing in historic buildings: decay and replacement
conference paper
The choice of incompatible mortars for the repair of pointing in historic buildings is among the most important causes of damage and too early maintenance need. Central in the project was the compatibility of mortars in historic buildings. The assessment of recurrent damages in which re-pointing is involved, hypotheses on the role of the re-pointing mortar in the occurrence of damage and laboratory research on incompatible and compatible solutions form the framework of the research undertaken. The research has led to deliverables for end-users, like a damage atlas on re-pointing, an additional module for the expert system MDDS as well as the introduction of a section on background information in the same expert system. A procedure on mortar analysis and requirements for compatible re-pointing mortars were developed.
TNO Identifier
330042
Publisher
TNO
Source title
Proceedings EU Symposium on The Conservation of the European Cultural Heritage, Strassbourg, France, 2001
Collation
9 p.
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