When a facility owner observes water dripping or pouring through
a ceiling, their initial assumption is that it must be a leak from
a plumbing pipe.
However, the majority of water damage experienced
within commercial and institutional buildings are not caused by faulty
plumbing piping.
Below is a list of the most common perpetrators of water damage
occurences. This list was compiled from five years of maintenance
report data obtained from various health care, research and office type
facilities:
- Fan coil unit pan overflow
- Condensation from piping transporting "cold" effluent (observed as
"stains" on ceiling tiles).
- Leaks caused by construction activities
- Roofing leaks
- Water migration through upper level floor penetrations (multi-level
buildings)
What can a Plumbing Engineer do to help prevent these occurences?
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