A polyurethane waterproofing membrane is made through the process of applying liquid polyurethane on substrate and then being cured on site. Therefore, the control of thickness of a membrane is the most important matter of concern in construction management. As a membrane was made by the work of a workman using tools such as a trowel or a squeegee, the shape and size of application area of roof floor par a worker is considered to affect the thickness of a membrane.
This study is composed of the two works as follows, the experiment to know the effect of division of area before application and the one to make clear the suitable shape and size of area for a workman. In the first experiment, polyurethane material was applied on the exactly controlled area (4.0m×2.0m in size) and the not controlled area in a roof floor of an actual building. An observation during the work and a measurement of thickness of the membranes after cured revealed that the application work is consisted of the two steps of work such as pouring material on the substrate and then spreading it and indicating the shape and size of an area strictly before application is quite effective to make a membrane of enough thickness. In the second experiment, the effect of the shape and size of application area was furthermore discussed. As for pouring work, polyurethane material was flowed down from a small container in the areas of three levels of length such as 9.0m, 5.15m and 3.6m (0.8m, 1.4m and 2.0m long respectively) and then the weights of the material, cut into 10 pieces in length, were measured after completely curing. It was made clear the dispersion of weight was increased according to the increase of the length of an area.
As for spreading work, the area of three levels of width such as 0.8m, 1.4m and 2.0m (9.0m, 5.15m and 3.6m wide respectively) were prepared and the polyurethane material placed in the areas was spread by two kinds of tools, a trowel and a squeegee. And then distribution of thickness of cured membranes and working hours through the work were measured. According as the application width became wider, the dispersion of thickness of membranes noticeably increased but working hours slightly decreased for trowel application. For squeegee application, not so much change was observed in dispersion but working hours was increased.
By the above studies, the following results were obtained.
(1) Dividing the roof floor into suitable shape and size of an area before application is effective for making a membrane of even and enough thickness.
(2) For pouring work, the length of application an area influences on thickness of a membrane.
(3) For spreading work, width of an application area also influences on working hours as well as on thickness of a membrane.
(4) Three factors such as length and width of an area and working hours should be considered to decide a suitable application area.
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