Bughole

A bughole (or pinhole) is a small hole in the surface of a concrete structure caused by the expansion and eventual outgassing of trapped pockets of air in setting concrete.^[1]^[2]^[3] Bugholes are undesirable, as they may compromise the structural integrity of concrete emplacements.

Bughole-induced outgassing is a phenomenon occurring when applying a protective coating (or lining) to concrete (predominantly vertically cast-in-place) where air becomes trapped within bughole cavities and releases into or through the protective coating, thereby causing pinholes and holidays in the coating film.^[4]

References

^ Preventing Air-Induced Coating Failures on Concrete (PDF), JPCL, January 2007, archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-22, retrieved 2014-10-21
^ Solvent-Free sealant creates smooth concrete surface for coating, Bayer Coatings, retrieved 2014-10-21
^ Bugholes, Portland Cement Association, retrieved 2014-10-21
^ Thin-Patch Repair of Concrete in Wastewater Environments Using Commercially Available Cementitious Resurfacers (PDF), Concrete Repair Bulletin, January 2008, retrieved 2014-10-21^{[permanent dead link]}

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[preventing-1] Preventing Air-Induced Coating Failures on Concrete (PDF), JPCL, January 2007, archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-22, retrieved 2014-10-21

[bayer-2] Solvent-Free sealant creates smooth concrete surface for coating, Bayer Coatings, retrieved 2014-10-21

[pca-3] Bugholes, Portland Cement Association, retrieved 2014-10-21

[crb-4] Thin-Patch Repair of Concrete in Wastewater Environments Using Commercially Available Cementitious Resurfacers (PDF), Concrete Repair Bulletin, January 2008, retrieved 2014-10-21^{[permanent dead link]}

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