Practical Building Conservation: Stone

ISBN-13: 9780754645528 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 348 str.

English Heritage

Opis

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.

Spis treści

About This Book  Using These Books  Part 1: Materials and History of Use: Stone Building in England  Working and Finishing Stone  Architectural Stone Conservation in England  Formation and Properties of Stone  Part 2: Deterioration and Damage: Causes of Deterioration  Inherent Problems  Structural Problems  Environmental Problems  Other Causes of Deterioration  Part 3: Assessment: Understanding Buildings and Their Condition  Assessing Conditions and Causes of Decay  Diagnosis: Determining Conservation Needs  Part 4: Treatment and Repair: Project Planning and Development  Structural Repair  Non-structural Repair  Cleaning  Desalination  Consolidation  Repair of Stone Elements  Protective Coatings  Part 5: Care and Maintenance: Care and maintenance  Special Topic: Conservation of Ruins  Appendix  Glossary  Index

O autorze

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.