Materials & skills for historic building conservation
By: edited by Michael Forsyth.
Contributors: Forsyth, Michael, 1951-
Series: Historic building conservation
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford, UK; Malden, MA, USA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781405111706
Subjects: Building materials; Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration -- Materials
Other titles: Materials and skills for historic building conservation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The philosophy of repair / Michael Forsyth; title: Stone. Types of wall construction / Ian Williams. Limestone / David McLaughlin. Sandstone / Ian Williams; title: Brickwork / Mike Stock; title: Lime products : plaster and render / Rory Young; title: Concrete and reinforced concrete / Michael Bussell; title: Slate, stone, and clay tiles / Chris Harris; title: Cast iron, wrought iron, and steel / Geoff Wallis and Michael Bussell; title: Understanding decay in building timbers / Brian Ridout; title: Timber / Charley Brentnall; title: Wattle and daub / Tony Graham; title: Sash windows / Gus Astley; title: Glass / Michael Forsyth; title: Exterior colour on the smaller town house / Patrick Baty.