CA1216727A - Method for the making of self-plugging and/or non- dripping roofing construction - Google Patents

Method for the making of self-plugging and/or non- dripping roofing construction

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CA1216727A
CA1216727A CA000447237A CA447237A CA1216727A CA 1216727 A CA1216727 A CA 1216727A CA 000447237 A CA000447237 A CA 000447237A CA 447237 A CA447237 A CA 447237A CA 1216727 A CA1216727 A CA 1216727A
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Oystein E. Rasmussen
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04DROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS
    • E04D11/00Roof covering, as far as not restricted to features covered by only one of groups E04D1/00 - E04D9/00; Roof covering in ways not provided for by groups E04D1/00 - E04D9/00, e.g. built-up roofs, elevated load-supporting roof coverings
    • E04D11/02Build-up roofs, i.e. consisting of two or more layers bonded together in situ, at least one of the layers being of watertight composition
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04DROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS
    • E04D13/00Special arrangements or devices in connection with roof coverings; Protection against birds; Roof drainage ; Sky-lights
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04DROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS
    • E04D7/00Roof covering exclusively consisting of sealing masses applied in situ; Gravelling of flat roofs

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Architecture (AREA)
  • Civil Engineering (AREA)
  • Structural Engineering (AREA)
  • Building Environments (AREA)
  • Roof Covering Using Slabs Or Stiff Sheets (AREA)
  • Compositions Of Macromolecular Compounds (AREA)
  • Laminated Bodies (AREA)
  • Sealing Material Composition (AREA)

Abstract

A b s t r a c t:

In order to make a roofing construction leak proof it is provided with a layer containing hydrophilic polymers and/or known inorganic viscosity-increasing and/or gel-forming hydro-philic substances. The layer may be incorporated the construction in the form of a membrane or a coating or it may be distributed as a powder. Due to this layer the roofing construction will become self-plugging.

Description

~2~1Eii~7~7 Method for the making of self-plu~ g and/or non-drip~2_roofi~_con__ _ction The invention relates to the making of self-plugging and/or non-dripping roofing construction.
A modern roof design normally includes a structure to carry loads, insulation to control heat flow, a barrier to control air and vapour flow, and a roofing element to prevent water penetration.
Problems connected with leaks and dripping are known to occur with more or less all types or roofs, but are more prevalent with some roof designs than with others.
There are such factors as roof angle, type of insulation or no insulation, type of roofing material, and obviously the climate outside and inside, which have significant bearing on the tendency for leaks and dripping from con-densation of a particular building~
Buildings with flat or low-angle roofs in climates with snow during winter or with heavy rains and high humidity are particularly prone to develop leaks~ In-dustrial buildings with a production process entailing high humidity are particularly prone to dripping from condensation.
On buildings with flat low-angle the roofs socalled "built-up roofing" is the most common roofing type used.

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Built-up roofing is a continuous membrane covering manufacturers on site from alternate layers of bitumen, bitumen-saturated felts or asphalt-impregnated glass mats, saturated and coated felts, and surfacings.
New materials have lately led to roofing materials of single-ply or limited-ply membranes consisting of e.g. a single-ply sheet of an elastomeric or plastic material.
~oofing membranes can also be liquid-applied as a single or two-component system with polymeric fabrics or glass-fibre reinforcements.
Whatever the type of roof and roofing construction and material used, water leaks and condensation can occur, particularly in the spring in cold climates when the snow on the roof is melting, or during such heavy rainfalls that the roof-gutters cannot cope with the amount of water on the roof.
Water leakage and dripping for roofing constructions can have considerable economic consequences, even when the amount of water is small, for instance because the leakage site is of very small size, perhaps only a small nail hole. It is also extremely difficult to locate such leakage sites, and more difficult the smaller the leak.
Similar problems can also be caused by condensation as a result of not sufficiently effective insulation or ventilation.
The object of the invention is to solve the above mentioned problems and to provide a method which makes it possible to achieve a self-plugging, i.e. a self acting leak-stopping and/or non-dripping roofing construction.
According to one aspect of the invention there is provided a method for making a basically waterproof roofing construction self-plugging and non-dripping, comprising the step of incorporating into the already basically waterproof construction a layer comprising viscosity-increasing and aqueous-gel forming material chosen from the group consisting of the aqueous-gel forming natural and synthetic hydrophilic polymers and inorganic hydrophilic substances that form gels with water, whereby holes made by nails and cracks that may form upon weathering are self-plugged by said layer and dripping is prevented by water absorption and swelling of said layer.
According to another aspect of the inven~ion there is provided a basically waterproof roofing construction that is also self-plugging and non-dripping, comprising the combination with an already basically waterproof construction of a layer comprising viscosity~increasing and aqueous-gel forming material chosen from the group consisting of the aqueous-gel forming natural and syn-thetic hydrophilic polymers and inorganic hydrophilic substances that form gels with water, whereby holes made by nails and cracks that may form upon weathering are self-plugged by said layer and dripping is prevented by water absorption and swelling of said layer.
The present invention solves these problems in a simple and economic way by making use of the special properties which hydrophilic polymers and/or certain hydrophilic inorganic substances possess for increasing the viscosity of water to such an extent that it will not drip from the roofing construction, and/or to bind the water in the form and consistency of a gel. Such polymers and inorganic substances can also be brought to swell by water to such an extent that a leakage is stopped by itself.
The hydrophilic polymers which can be used with the method, can either be water-soluble or water~swellable, or a combination of both. The same applies for the inorganic substances. Water-soluble polymers and/or water-soluble inorganic substances of the aforementioned type can be made non water-soluble through partial cross-linking, i.e.
cross-linking which leaves a number of hydrophilic groups free to bind water molecules.
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The hydrophilic polymers and/or inorganic hydrophilic substances can be incorporated in many different ways in the roofing construction:
1) either by being applied to the deck as a coating, or
2) applied as a coat on the overside or the underside of the membrane, e.g. organic felt, asbestos ply felt, fiber-glass mats or base sheets, shingles, elastomeric or plastic film and sheeting etc., or on another component of the roofing construction, or
3) in the form of a film, sheet, mat, loose powder etc.
by being laid out over or under another component of the roofing construction, or
4) by being incorporated in the membrane whatever the type, e.g. in a felt or sheet, or
5) by being applied on or in other ways attached to other components which are part of the roofing construction.
Examples of hydrophilic polymers which can be used for the method are natural hydrophilic polymers such as gum arabic, tragacanth and karaya, semi-synthetic hydrophilic polymers such as carboxymethylcellulose, methylcellulose and other cellulose ethers, lignin derivatives, various kinds of modified starches (ethers and acetates), and synthetic hydrophilic polymers such as polyacrylic acids, polyacrylamides, and polyethyleneoxide, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, polyethyleneimine and others, as well as combinations of such polymers or with other substances.
As examples of inorganic substances, which can either be used alone to hind water in the form of a ~el or a highly viscous fluid, can be mentioned water glass, alumina, magnesia, bentonite etc. and mixtures of such inorganic hydrophilic substances or mixtures of these and hydrophilic polymers.
The mentioned hydrophilic polymers and/or hydrophilic inorganic substances can eventually be cross-linked, either in the form of a pre-crosslinked film or sheet or similar or a layer cross-linked in situ. As an example ~2~L~7~'7 of the former can be mentioned "Dow Water Absorbent Laminate" and of the latter a mixture of lignosulfonate and dichromate.
There is an extensive patent and other literature treating viscosity-increasing or gel-forming polymers and inorganic substances, particularly within the fields of grouting and oil drilling. This may be a major part of such polymers and inorganic substances could find appli-cation with the method of the present invention with the necessary adjustments.

Claims (4)

Claims:
1. A method for making a basically waterproof roofing construction self-plugging and non-dripping, comprising the step of incorporating into the already basically waterproof construction a layer comprising viscosity-increasing and aqueous-gel forming material chosen from the group consisting of the aqueous-gel forming natural and synthetic hydrophilic polymers and inorganic hydro-philic substances that form gels with water, whereby holes made by nails and cracks that may form upon wea-thering are self-plugged by said layer and dripping is prevented by water absorption and swelling of said layer.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein said layer is a continuous membrane.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein said layer is a continuous coating.
4. A basically waterproof roofing construction that is also self-plugging and non-dripping, comprising the combination with an already basically waterproof construction of a layer comprising viscosity-increasing and aqueous-gel forming material chosen from the group consisting of the aqueous-gel forming natural and syn-thetic hydrophilic polymers and inorganic hydrophilic substances that form gels with water, whereby holes made by nails and cracks that may form upon weathering are self-plugged by said layer and dripping is prevented by water absorption and swelling of said layer.
CA000447237A 1983-02-14 1984-02-13 Method for the making of self-plugging and/or non- dripping roofing construction Expired CA1216727A (en)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
NO830480 1983-02-14
NO830480A NO830480L (en) 1983-02-14 1983-02-14 PROCEDURE FOR MANUFACTURING SELF-SEALING ROOF CONSTRUCTION
NO83833164A NO153893C (en) 1983-02-14 1983-09-05 PROCEDURE FOR THE PREPARATION OF SELF-SEALING AND / OR NOT DRIPTING ROOF CONSTRUCTION.
NO833164 1983-09-05

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NO153893C (en) 1986-06-11
IT8467136A0 (en) 1984-02-14
NO153893B (en) 1986-03-03
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