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    Water Vapour Transmission APAC

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    Thanh Nguyen Ngoc
    Concrete Moisture

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    BUILD RIGHT

    WHEN IS A CONCRETE
    SLAB DRY ENOUGH?
    Covering a concrete slab too soon can result in the floor covering being
    damaged. To get the timing right, it helps to understand what the various
    measurements are telling you.
    By Malcolm Cunningham, BRANZ Principal Scientist

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    What can happen


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