num_pages: 480
description: McKay offers conservation practitioners an essential understanding of the traditional forms of construction covering the use of masonry and brickwork carpentry and joinery slating plumbing and drainage. The book the author's extensive highly detailed drawings to illustrate the text; useful material on traditional craft practice - essential for undertaking repairs; and explanations of terminology and techniques - simply described.
language: English
title: McKay's Building Construction
publisher: Routledge