Construction Practices Contributing to Rising Damp in Kumasi Metropolitan and Ejisu Municipal Assemblies in Ghana

Table 1

Porosity of building materials in percentages.

Number	Material	% of porosity
1	Cement render	0.20
2	Brick	0.35
3	Granite	0.02
4	Sandstone	0.05–0.20
5	Concrete	0.15–0.30

Source. Young, 2008.