Patologias em sistemas prediais hidrossanitários: um estudo de caso

Abstract

This Final Paper addresses Pathologies of a Building’s Plumbing System based on the hypothesis that its plumbing system has been presenting high rates of pathological manifestations and low performance due to execution, design and maintenance problems. Such problems, most of the time, become costly for the building contractor during the construction phase, because of the need for improvised solutions for design defects, as well as for the building’s owners who will have future problems caused by execution mistakes or by the lack of maintenance in the system. The book Patologias em Sistemas Prediais Hidráulico-Sanitários (Plumbing Systems Pathologies of Buildings), by Roberto de Carvalho Júnior (2018), was adopted as a reference for the research’s methodology bacause it discusses topics on pathology and associate them to the plumbing system. The conducted case study aims to demonstrate how such pathology problems affect a building and bring about a number of inconveniences to its users. Through the investigation phases of Lichtenstein’s method, it was possible to demonstrate pathology problems pertaining the cold water system of a building located in the city of Goiânia. A technical advice provided by a company specialized in plumbing system survey was used for the study, and a site visit was also conducted. The case study explores widespread pathology problems that arose in the building due to defects in its plumbing system and presents the most feasible solution to such problems. Finally, the paper also identifies specific problems observed during the site visit involving drainage and sewage systems which are also potential pathology factors.