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Practical Building Conservation: Mortars, Renders and Plasters
Historic England
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Description for Practical Building Conservation: Mortars, Renders and Plasters
Hardback. A reference for those caring for historic buildings large and small such as architects, surveyors and building managers, as well as conservators. Featuring various techniques and materials, it looks in detail at building materials ranging from the ancient to the modern. Series: Practical Building Conservation. Num Pages: 350 pages, Includes 592 colour and 35 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 245 x 41. Weight in Grams: 2232.
Mortars, Renders and Plasters provides a broad perspective of contemporary conservation theory and practice not otherwise found in one publication, describing the history, physical properties, and deterioration of these important materials. Methods of assessing condition and evaluating options for treatment and repair are discussed, together with a range of practical conservation techniques and maintenance strategies.
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Series
Practical Building Conservation
Condition
New
Number of Pages
654
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780754645597
SKU
V9780754645597
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-7
About Historic England
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Practical Building Conservation: Mortars, Renders and Plasters
'[The Practical Building Conservation volumes] offer considerable information and advice on many aspects of conservation. Great emphasis is placed in all the volumes on making the reader familiar with the material in question, giving them as much information and direction as possible to allow them to understand what they are dealing with, gives a comprehensive - hands on - approach; ... Read more