A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
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A building construction 30 having a cavity wall with inner 31 and outer 33 skins and a cavity, and an opening 35 in the wall, for example for a window or door, a drainage element 37 located at the upper edge of the opening to cover an exposed part of the cavity and having a drainage surface for collecting liquid in the cavity above the opening, and a drainage conduit 10 for conveying liquid from the drainage surface to the outside of the wall without passing out of a front face of the outer skin. The drainage element may be a lintel, damp proof course or cavity tray and the conduit may be a wall weep, in the form of a pipe which may be integral with the cavity tray or may have apertures for receiving water from the drainage surface. The pipe may be PVC and have a U-shaped portion for extending around the edge of the drainage surface such that the opening to the pipe is below the surface and may be concealed in a masonry block at the side of the window/door.
A building construction 30 having a cavity wall with inner 31 and outer 33 skins and a cavity, and an opening 35 in the wall, for example for a window or door, a drainage element 37 located at the upper edge of the opening to cover an exposed part of the cavity and having a drainage surface for collecting liquid in the cavity above the opening, and a drainage conduit 10 for conveying liquid from the drainage surface to the outside of the wall without passing out of a front face of the outer skin. The drainage element may be a lintel, damp proof course or cavity tray and the conduit may be a wall weep, in the form of a pipe which may be integral with the cavity tray or may have apertures for receiving water from the drainage surface. The pipe may be PVC and have a U-shaped portion for extending around the edge of the drainage surface such that the opening to the pipe is below the surface and may be concealed in a masonry block at the side of the window/door.
Wall weep
JOHN LOUIS SHILLABEER (author)
2022-04-27
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC:
E04B
Allgemeine Baukonstruktionen
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GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS
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E06B
Feste oder bewegliche Abschlüsse für Öffnungen in Bauwerken, Fahrzeugen, Zäunen oder ähnlichen Einfriedungen allgemein, z.B. Türen, Fenster, Läden, Tore
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FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES, OR LIKE ENCLOSURES, IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
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