Structural damage

A structural damage is the deterioration of the condition of a property by a harmful event, z. B. by a lack of construction .

In DIN 31051, damage in the sense of maintenance describes a condition which, after falling below a certain limit value of the wear reserve, causes an impermissible impairment of functionality with regard to use.

Examples of structural damage are flaking, flaking, abrasion, efflorescence, corrosion, cracks and leaks.

A construction damage can have many causes, e.g. B. moisture penetration due to a burst water pipe , peeling due to frost cracking, salt crystallization or hygric swelling or corrosion due to the effects of alkalis, salt solutions or acids.

Structural damage can also arise due to the use of inferior building materials, such as Xella with sand-lime bricks.

The deterioration is usually reflected in an impairment. Structural damage must therefore be adequately taken into account in valuations .

See also

• Building physics
• Pitting (structural damage)

Web links

Wiktionary: Building damage  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Avoidance of structural damage and construction defects (2-part article)
• bauschadensportal.de (descriptions of structural damage with causes, reports and renovations)
• Reference book series »Schadenfreies Bauen«, Fraunhofer IRB Verlag (The volumes contain frequent structural damage, causes and renovation options for an individual building part, a structural element, a special building or a particular type of damage.)
• Damage database Schadis (largest German-language collection of specialist knowledge of recognized building experts and building researchers on the occurrence and avoidance of damage to buildings)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DIN (Ed.): DIN 31051 - Basics of maintenance. Berlin: DIN German Institute for Standardization eV, 06-2003
2. ↑ Schönfelder, Uwe Thomas: Determination of the condition of real estate using the ERAB method - Basics for maintenance strategies. Dortmund: Werner Verlag, 2012; ISBN 978-3-8041-5253-3
3. ^ Building scandal: Haniel subsidiary risked damage
4. ↑ http://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/industrie/xella-hinterlaesst-haniel-geschaeftsrisiken;2010760