External finishing of building plays prominent inportant role to ensure the service life of the building.This paper firstly discusses the method of service life design for external finishings on the basis of performance oriented concept and then points out the necessity of performance-based data on performance over time of external finishings, not merely the data on the empirical durability characteristics, that could be obtainable by performance evaluation methods likely outdoor exposure tests, laboratory tests, pathological condition survey on site and even inclusive of expert knowledge.In line with above investigation this paper shows several performance data obtained from long period outdoor exposure test results pertaining to external masonry coating system and protective paint coating system, and finally the usability of these data as a tool for predicting the service life of external finishing and applicability to the proposed service life design system are introduced.
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