Conservation of Timber Buildings

ISBN-13: 9781873394175 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 256 str.

F W B Charles

Opis

Examines various types of structure generally associated with the timber-frame tradition. Repair techniques, procedures of investigation, the preliminary survey and the structural survey are discussed, and followed up by detailed case studies.

Spis treści

Structural types: rafter roofs, purlin roofs, post-and-truss, crucks, base-cruck v Timber: properties and effects of environment, oaks and other trees for building, decay of oak, use of unseasoned oak, size of trees, cruck trees, today's trees, conservation methods, the specification for timbers, reused timbers v Organization and framing: history, the carpenter's yard, sample building and numbering system, framing, site erection v Historical change: introductory section focusing on the years 1100-1650, the town house, the countryside, cottages, post-1650 v Office Practice: Preliminary survey and report - the Old Crown House, Birmingham Structural survey and repairs v Case Studies: Shell Manor (Himbleton, Droitwich) Cheylesmore Manor House (Coventry) Much Wenlock Guildhall and Wellington Inn (Manchester) v Examples of buildings restored by the Practice.

O autorze

F.W.B Charles, Mary Charles