Conservation and Restoration

A practice guide to using hydraulic lime mortar. It offers practical guidance on: the functions and properties of hydraulic lime; the constituent materials; mixing, reworking, protection and aftercare; and, mortar selection for durability, and health and safety issues.

This bestselling book has been fully revised and updated to include valuable new case studies and examples which help to demonstrate the common problems found in older buildings.

Helps owners, builders and construction professionals make the decisions that are right for old buildings. This book illustrates the long term benefits of using more traditional solutions on older houses rather than modern materials like cement based mortars, sealants or impervious paints.

Provides a guide to modern practical masonry, based on drawings. Organized in three sections, this work includes chapters on construction details; methods of working particular structural shapes; both basic and advanced geometry and setting-out.

Winner of the RIBA Book Award, this publication brings together contributions from leading stone conservation practitioners. It discusses the philosophical principles on which stone conservation is founded and the need to understand the full history and development of a building before starting work.

Contains practical examples of specifications for building conservation.

Offers practical instruction on the tried and tested methods of plastering. This title includes useful drawings of the different features, including the tools, running moulds and geometry for setting out. It is suitable for conservation practitioners.

Presents step by step guidance on the right techniques for laying and repairing roofs. This work highlights the options for repairing damage rather than stripping and relaying the roof. It describes the timber construction of roofs covering everything from basic joints through to the differences in the design of traditional and trussed roofs.

A guide to the technical geometry of the construction industry. Beginning with the basics of technical drawing, it provides a series of complex exercises to explain what the reader needs to know about geometry. It enables the student to progress from basics such as the circle and construction of scales, to some of the most complex challenges.

A reprint of the classic work by Geoffrey Beard, with a new introduction by Jeff Orton and Richard Ireland. Long unavailable, it is a detailed and comprehensive study of this most essential part of the interior decoration of the British country house and contains 120 plates.