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more affected with humidity, which could indicate the existence of a water sheet in the zone of implementation of the building, due to existence of water tanks near the building. This walls coincide with the wine press in the ground floor, and sanitary installation and kitchen in the 1 st floor, this is, zones with water. The higher RH values were verified in the 1 st floor. This leads to the hypothesis that the principal source of water infiltration in the masonry walls is the rupture of sewers system. Thus, it is necessary to make repair and/or replace the system. The water problems in the building contribute to biological proliferation and presence of salts leading to the damage of the masonry walls. The ground floor is semi-buried, so is necessary to create a drainage system, refill the zones were the mortars of the walls disappeared, with lime based mortars, compatible with the stone. It is necessary to assess the current state of the exterior water drainage system and repair and/or replace and add additional systems, if needed. Acknowledgements The authors express their gratitude to UTAD for the provision of the necessary resources and infrastructures to carry out this work and to Mr. Antero de Sousa. [1] M. M. Abdelmegeed, E. Badogiannis, G. Kotsovos, and E. Vougioukas, "Assessment of physical and mechanical properties of historical and traditional masonry buildings: a case study," Internation Journal of Conservation Science, vol. 5, no. 3, 2014. [2] M. M. Abdelmegeed, E. Badogiannis, G. Kotsovos, and E. Vougioukas, "Structural damage assessment of historic traditional masonry buildings: a case study," Internation Journal of Conservation Science, vol. 6, no. 2, 2015. [3] R. Vicente, J. M. Ferreira, and J. A. R. M. d. Silva, "Supporting urban regeneration and building refurbishment. Strategies for building appraisal and inspection of old building stock in city centres," Journal of Cultural Heritage, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 1-14, 2015. [4] S. Dirlich, " The Building Stock and Traditional Building Principles: Sustainability Assessment for Historic Buildings," in Proceeding of the International Conference on Building Sustainability Assessment , Porto, 2012, pp. 31-38. [5] M. A. El-Gohary, " Behavior of treated and un-treated lime mortar before and after artificial weathering," International Journal of Restoration of Buildings and Monuments, vol. 18, no. 6, 2012. [6] A. G. Simões, J. G. Appleton, R. bento, J. V. Caldas, P. B. Lourenço, and S. Lagomarsino, "Architectural and Structural Characteristics of Masonry Buildings between the 19th and 20th Centuries in Lisbon, Portugal," Internation Journal of Architectural Heritage, pp. 1 18, 2017. [7] M. Acierno, S. Cursi, D. Simeone, and D. Fiorani, "Architectural heritage knowledge modelling: An ontology-based framework for conservation process," Journal of Cultural Heritage, vol. 24, pp. 124-133, 2017. [8] D. Sousa, "Reabilitação de uma casa do século XIX, de Felgueiras/Caracterização, diagnóstico das anomalias construtivas e bases para o projeto de restauro e reabilitação," Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias, UTAD, Vila Real, 2013. References