Practical Building Conservation: Stone - Hardcover

England, Historic

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0754645525 ISBN 13: 9780754645528

Publisher: Routledge, 2012

Synopsis

Stone considers the wide variety of historical uses, from simple masonry walling through to elaborate carving and decoration. The book considers why stone decays or fails and how to assess and understand the causes, before concentrating on the practical methods of treatment, repair and maintenance.

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About the Author

The contents reflect the work of the Building Conservation and Research Team, their colleagues at Historic England, and their consultants and researchers, who together have many decades of accumulated experience in dealing with deteriorating building materials and systems of all types. This multi-disciplinary team of architects, surveyors, conservators and scientists are responsible for standard setting and research across a wide range of Historic England activities. The team specialises in dealing with the practical, technical and scientific aspects of building materials decay and their treatment. The aim has been to provide practical advice by advocating a common approach of firstly understanding the material or building element and why it is deteriorating, and then dealing with the causes. The books concentrate on those aspects which are significant in conservation terms, and reflect the requests for information received by Historic England.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0754645525
• ISBN 13: 9780754645528
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 348