Just over 20 years old, a building shouldn't be considered old, but it is in Singapore.
Despite regular maintenance, it is very difficult to avoid water seepage in the long term. Sometime this morning, some bits of concrete spallings fell from the ceiling of our bedroom.
Fortunately, no one was hurt.
Unfortunately, it means draggy work, some dirt and what nots.
*sigh* life goes on. Can't engineers design something so that ceilings don't crack due to water seepage from the unit above?
Hi Snowy,
ReplyDeleteCould you pls explain to me why there is such water seepage in your building ? Is it the same for all the buildings in Singapore ? Singapore is an island and the climate is wet...but 20 years, that's not old...
Thank you
Well, the first thing to be said about Singapore is that many buildings over 20 years old are targetted to be torn down and rebuilt with a higher area plot ratio (i.e., more floors).
ReplyDeleteThis applies not just to residential and commercial, but even schools.
As for water seepage, I really don't know why too.
I wonder if Kit Meng can answer the question about water seepage ...
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