Occurrence of faults in water installations of residential buildings: An analysis based on user complaints

Fault analysis in building installations enables design optimisation and reduction of errors in future projects. This paper's objective is to catalogue, quantify and analyse faults in residential buildings' water installations, based on user complaints and the ‘learning from failures’ phil...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Carretero Ayuso, Manuel Jesús, Moreno Cansado, Alberto, García Sanz-Calcedo, Justo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Consejo General de la Arquitectura Técnica de España (CGATE)
Repositorio:RIARTE
OAI Identifier:oai:www.riarte.es:20.500.12251/1960
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12251/1960
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2019.100958
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Patologías - Construcción
Reclamaciones - Edificación
Saneamiento -construcción-
Filtraciones
Edificación residencial
Instalaciones hidrosanitarias
Diseño arquitectónico
Fallos - Construcción
3305.14 Viviendas
6310.09 Calidad de Vida
3305.01 Diseño Arquitectónico
3308.10 Tecnología de Aguas Residuales
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Sumario:Fault analysis in building installations enables design optimisation and reduction of errors in future projects. This paper's objective is to catalogue, quantify and analyse faults in residential buildings' water installations, based on user complaints and the ‘learning from failures’ philosophy. To this end, 436 complaints related to plumbing and sewage installations of 318 Spanish residential buildings were analysed. The results show that ‘buried-sewage-pipes’ lead to most of problems (43.8%), followed by ‘exposed-sewage-pipes’ (38.3%) and ‘plumbing’ (17.9%). The most recurring faults were ‘leakages and humidities’ (52.98%) and ‘anomalies and mismatches’ (33.25%). As for the causes leading to said faults, the most significant one was ‘damage in the installation’ (29.31%). The type of construction in which most cases occurred was ‘apartment blocks’ (52%), followed by ‘attached houses’ (29%). These results contribute to the reduction of errors in the design and construction stages of residential buildings and are usef