Materials & skills for historic building conservation /

• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Other Authors: Forsyth, Michael, 1951-
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2008.
• Series: Historic building conservation.
• Subjects: Building materials.; Historic buildings > Conservation and restoration > Materials.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Construction > General.; Modernisierung <Bauwesen>; Baustoff.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

Here is provided all the essential information on the properties of traditional building materials. Subjects covered include their availability & sourcing, the causes of erosion & decay, knowledge of the skills required for their application on conservation projects & the impact the mate...

Table of Contents:

• 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.