Statistical survey on inspection, diagnosis and repair of wall renderings

Statistical survey on inspection, diagnosis and repair of wall renderings

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This paper describes a statistical survey on the pathology, diagnosis and rehabilitation of wall renderings.The survey was based on an inspection and diagnosis support system Pro-Audio that comprises the classification of anomalies in renderings, their most probable causes, diagnosis methods and repair and maintenance techniques.The on-site work that led to this statistics collection involved standard inspections of 55 buildings, located Cone in Lisbon, and a total of 150 wall renderings (100 external and 50 interior).The results of this survey provide indications on the intervention actions at the design, execution and use/maintenance stages in order to decrease the magnitude of or eradicate anomalies in wall renderings.The implementation of a system of this kind could directly improve the quality of constructions.