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BS CP102(1973) : 1973

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CODE OF PRACTICE FOR PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS AGAINST WATER FROM THE GROUND
Published date

01-01-1973

Foreword
Section 1. General
1 Scope
2 Exchange of information and time schedule
Section 2. Waterproofing of structures below ground
3 Materials
   3.1 Constructional materials
   3.2 Waterproofing materials
4 Preliminary investigations and design criteria for basements
   4.1 General
   4.2 Preventive measures
   4.3 Basis of design
5 Type A structures: structures requiring the protection of an
   impervious membrane
   5.1 Structural requirements
   5.2 Requirements for the impervious membrane
   5.3 Pumping
   5.4 Basement carried on piles where tanking is used
6 Mastic asphalt tanking
   6.1 General
   6.2 Externally applied tanking
   6.3 Internally applied tanking
   6.4 pumping
   6.5 Workmanship
   6.6 Laying techniques
7 Bitumen sheet tanking
   7.1 General
   7.2 Externally applied tanking
   7.3 Internally applied tanking
   7.4 pumping
   7.5 Workmanship
   7.6 Laying techniques
8 Type B structures: structures without membrane
   8.1 General
   8.2 Joints in concrete structures
   8.3 Junction of floor and wall
   8.4 General design recommendations
   8.5 Arrangement of reinforcement
   8.6 Cover of reinforcement
   8.7 Pumping
   8.8 Construction
9 Inspection and repair of concrete basements
   9.1 Inspection of basement
   9.2 Pressure grouting
   9.3 Repair by waterproof renderings
Section 3. Methods of providing damp-proofing of walls
           and floors at or near ground level
10 Damp-proofing of walls
   10.1 General
   10.2 Materials for damp-proof courses
   10.3 Durability
   10.4 Effects of movement
   10.5 Location of damp-proof course
   10.6 Continuity of moisture barrier
   10.7 Work on site
11 Damp-proofing of floors
   11.1 General
   11.2 Principles of damp-proofing
   11.3 Factors influencing the degree of protect ion
   11.4 Continuity of membrane
   11.5 Preparation of site
   11.6 Work on site for waterproof flooring materials
   11.7 Work on site for sandwich membranes
   11.8 Damp-proofing for suspended timber floors
Publications referred to

Explains the methods of preventing the entry of ground water and surface water into a building from the surrounding areas.

Committee
BLCP/22
DevelopmentNote
Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, October 2007. (09/2007)
DocumentType
Standard
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
SupersededBy

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