Behavior evaluation of watertight of mortars and water repellents - Part II

ABSTRACT Beyond the aesthetic function, the facade coatings protect buildings from water penetration and, consequently, diminishes the propensity for pathological manifestations that lead to their degradation of the surface. This work presents the tests to evaluate the watertight behavior of mortar, industrialized and mixed in construction, and water repellent coatings, film formers, destined the facades degraded by the action of humidity. For this, water vapor permeability, water absorption by capillarity, evaporation, flexural tensile strength and tensile strength in flexion and compression, were performed. At the end of the experimental program, it was found that water repellent coatings are better suited to protect from the action of water, since they presented better results to the watertightness test than the mortar coatings, considering the evaluated properties.