Buildings must withstand moisture – pay close attention to old buildings
Structures and materials need to be more moisture tolerant than ever. It pays to be vigilant in the case of old moisture engineering solutions in particular.The waterproofing of residential wet rooms has markedly improved over the last couple of decades, and for good reason: wet rooms are now under much more pressure than a few decades ago.
“Moisture control is at a good level in the construction of new wet rooms," says Juha Vinha, Professor of Building Physics at the University of Tampere.
“More effort has been put into various structural solutions and working methods, training and
