Salt damage can affect the service life of numerous building structures, both historical and
contemporary, in a significant way. In this review, various damage mechanisms to porous …

Humidity is one of the main causes of decay in buildings, particularly rising damp. The
treatment of this phenomenon in historical buildings is very complex due to the thickness …

Intervention in older buildings increasingly requires extensive and objective knowledge of
what one will be working with. The multifaceted aspect of work carried out on buildings tends …

This thesis was aimed at understanding the behaviour of plasters and renders on salt-
loaded walls. The current state-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice were accessed focusing …

Intervene in historic constructions increasingly requires extensive and objective knowledge
of what one will be working with. The multifaceted aspect of the works needed on this kind of …

It is an unpalatable fact that while objects can deteriorate through lack of care and attention,
they can also deteriorate as a result of inappropriate and misguided interventions. This is …

Treating rising damp in the walls of historical buildings is complex because moisture transfer
into the walls of old buildings in direct contact with the ground leads to the migration of …

One of the key deterioration factors for porous inorganic building materials are soluble salts.
To be able to remediate or mitigate this problem it is fundamental to understand the principal …

Intervention in older buildings increasingly requires extensive and objective knowledge of
what one will be working with. In old buildings, rising damp in walls that are in direct contact …

The mechanisms of degradation of inorganic porous building materials such as stone, brick,
terracotta, concrete and mortar are commonly classified into chemical and physical …