How to keep basements dry

'How to keep basements dry' by GHA Livigunn's Stewart Tennant published in Construction News, 15 January 2009.

'Leaky basement problems are usually due to poor workmanship, wrong assumptions on groundwater levels or poor detailing by designers - in particular around joints and junctions with other basements or structures. The standard governing this area is BS8102, the code of practice for "Protection of structures against water from the ground."  it classifies basements into four grades, with varying levels of protection.  These range from grade one, suitable for car parks, to grade four, where the end user requires a totally dry environment, such as an archive.'


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