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Moisture safety in wood frame constructions – What do we know today? – A literature overview

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Author

Editor

  • Appu Haapio
  • Helena Soimakallio

Summary, in English

This paper intends to offer an overview of current knowledge in practical moisture safety in wood frame house. Books, journal articles, reports and other documents at different levels regarding moisture and moisture safety in different aspects are summarized. Possible gaps and flaws in existing knowledge, such as, lack of blind verifications of moisture safety calculation tools, the need to separate quantitative and qualitative issues in the moisture safety design processes and the fact that mould growth model handle the influence of duration in different manners are reported.

Publishing year

2013

Language

English

Pages

96-97

Publication/Series

Proceedings of SB13 Oulu - Sustainable procurement in urban regeneration and renovation Northern Europe and North-West Russia

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

Finnish Association fo Civil Engineers RIL and VTT Technical Research Center of Finland

Topic

  • Building Technologies

Keywords

  • Moisture safety
  • mould growth
  • wood frame constructions
  • literature overview

Conference name

SB13 Oulu - Sustainable procurement in urban regeneration and renovation Northern Europe and North-West Russia

Conference date

2013-05-22

Conference place

Oulu, Finland

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-951-758-561-3