Materials & skills for historic building conservation
[Book]
/ edited by Michael Forsyth
Oxford, UK ;Malden, MA
: Blackwell Publishing
, 2008.
xi, 220 p. , ill. (chiefly col.), col. map , 26 cm.
(Historic building conservation.)
Print
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The philosophy of repair / Michael Forsyth -- Stone. Types of wall construction / Ian Williams. Oolitic limestone / David McLaughlin. Sandstone / Ian Williams. Granite / Robert Cotta -- Brickwork / Mike Stock -- Lime-based plasters, renders and washes / Rory Young -- Concrete and reinforced concrete / Michael Bussell -- Stone slate, clay tile and metamorphic slate / Christopher Harris -- Cast iron, wrought iron and steel / Geoff Wallis and Michael Bussell -- Understanding decay in building timbers / Brian Ridout -- Timber / Charley Brentnall -- Wattle and daub / Tony Graham -- Sash windows / Gus Astley -- Window glass / Michael Forsyth -- Exterior colour on the smaller town house / Patrick Baty.
Materials and skills for historic building conservation
Building materials
Historic buildings- Conservation and restoration- Materials