EXPERIMENT FOR MOISTURE CONDITION AFTER FLOODING IN A CRAWL SPACE USING TEST HOUSE

Abstract

In order to clarify indoor climate in a crawl space after flooding, long-term experiment using a test house was performed. A second-story test house was constructed in a campus of Akita Prefectural University in 2003. In this experiment two rooms on the first floor of the test house and crawl spaces were used. Tap-water was supplied to 100mm depth on a crawl space in each room, and after 72 hours it drained. In this paper, indoor humidity and water contents of wood and concrete in a crawl space were analyzed from the view point of moisture balance in a crawl space after flooding.