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Practical Building Conservation: Mortars, Renders and Plasters

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Practical Building Conservation: Mortars, Renders and Plasters offers a detailed exploration of the history, physical characteristics, and deterioration of these essential building materials. The book discusses methods for assessing their condition and evaluating treatment options, providing a wide range of practical conservation techniques and maintenance strategies.
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This book is ideal for conservation professionals, architects, and anyone involved in the repair and upkeep of historic buildings. It is also suitable for readers seeking a thorough understanding of building conservation materials and practices.

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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.

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Practical Building Conservation: Mortars, Renders and Plasters provides a broad perspective of contemporary conservation theory and practice not otherwise found in one publication. It describes 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.

Series: Practical Building Conservation

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  • Practical Building Conservation, 10-volume set
    Since the original series of Practical Building Conservation appeared in 1988, it has become a standard reference for those caring for historic buildings, large and small: essential reading for architects, surveyors, and building managers, as well as conservators. This new and much expanded set of 10 volumes has been updated to provide a fully comprehensive reference featuring the latest techniques...
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    $2,84100
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  • Practical Building Conservation: Building Environment
    Practical Building Conservation: Building Environment examines the interaction between building materials and systems and their surroundings, exploring how this interaction may lead to deterioration. It offers methods for assessing remedial treatments, ensuring that each intervention is carefully considered. The book includes valuable discussions on occupant health, emphasising the importance of creating safe and healthy indoor environments. Additionally, it addresses the...
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  • Practical Building Conservation: Conservation Basics
    Conservation Basics examines the evolving theories and principles that underpin building conservation in England in the 21st century, and looks at their application in practice. The process of conservation planning for the maintenance and repair of historic buildings and places is described in detail, and is illustrated through case studies. Topics include understanding and assessment, surveys and recording, ecological considerations,...
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  • Practical Building Conservation: Glass and Glazing
    Practical Building Conservation: Glass and Glazing explores the conservation of one of the most important building materials, focusing on its application in windows, roofing, and walling. This book delves into the technological evolution of glass and glazing systems and discusses the processes that lead to deterioration. It offers insights into the practical application and long-term implications of common conservation materials...
    Hardback
    $31800
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • Practical Building Conservation: Metals
    Practical Building Conservation: Metals addresses the conservation of a group of materials integral to the construction industry, used for everything from structural components and fixings to weatherproofing, repairs, and decoration. The book covers both iron-based and non-ferrous metals, such as copper, bronze, and lead. It examines technological evolution, deterioration processes, and the practical application and long-term implications of the common...
    Hardback
    $34100
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • Practical Building Conservation: Mortars, Renders and Plasters
    Practical Building Conservation: Mortars, Renders and Plasters provides a broad perspective of contemporary conservation theory and practice not otherwise found in one publication. It describes 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.
    Hardback
    $34100
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • Practical Building Conservation: Roofing
    Practical Building Conservation: Roofing explores traditional roof coverings used on historic buildings. Many materials and systems have been utilized to provide roof coverings, and the book offers insight into their technological evolution, the processes causing deterioration, and methods for assessing problems and solutions. Furthermore, the book addresses repairs, maintenance, and the conflicts that arise with modern practices. Practical Building Conservation:...
    Hardback
    $34100
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • Practical Building Conservation: Stone
    Practical Building Conservation: Stone considers the wide variety of historical uses, from simple masonry walling through to elaborate carving and decoration. The book explores why stone decays or fails and how to assess and understand the causes. It then focuses on the practical methods of treatment, repair, and maintenance.
    Hardback
    $31800
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The series is praised for its comprehensive and practical approach, offering valuable information and advice for conservation professionals. It features excellent photographs and detailed drawings that complement the clear, well-organised text. Reviewers highlight its usefulness for those involved in historic building repair and maintenance, noting it as an indispensable resource.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780754645597

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 28 March 2012

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 220.0mm

Height: 240.0mm

Weight: 1760g

Pages: 654

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.

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  • Practical Building Conservation, 10-volume set
    Since the original series of Practical Building Conservation appeared in 1988, it has become a standard reference for those caring for historic buildings, large and small: essential reading for architects, surveyors, and building managers, as well as conservators. This new and much expanded set of 10 volumes has been updated to provide a fully comprehensive reference featuring the latest techniques...
    Set
    $2,84100
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • Practical Building Conservation: Building Environment
    Practical Building Conservation: Building Environment examines the interaction between building materials and systems and their surroundings, exploring how this interaction may lead to deterioration. It offers methods for assessing remedial treatments, ensuring that each intervention is carefully considered. The book includes valuable discussions on occupant health, emphasising the importance of creating safe and healthy indoor environments. Additionally, it addresses the...
    Hardback
    $34100
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • Practical Building Conservation: Concrete
    A great deal of research and literature has been produced on repairing concrete structures but very little aimed at conserving the character or appearance of historic examples. Practical Building Conservation: Concrete offers guidance as to how that should be done. It includes a brief history of the use of the material and explains the criteria for listing before assessing decay...
    Hardback
    $34100
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • Practical Building Conservation: Conservation Basics
    Conservation Basics examines the evolving theories and principles that underpin building conservation in England in the 21st century, and looks at their application in practice. The process of conservation planning for the maintenance and repair of historic buildings and places is described in detail, and is illustrated through case studies. Topics include understanding and assessment, surveys and recording, ecological considerations,...
    Hardback
    $34100
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • Practical Building Conservation: Earth, Brick and Terracotta
    Practical Building Conservation: Earth, Brick and Terracotta deals with fired and unfired clay products. It considers their technological evolution, the processes causing deterioration and how these should be assessed, and the methods used for their repair and maintenance.
    Set
    $35300
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • Practical Building Conservation: Glass and Glazing
    Practical Building Conservation: Glass and Glazing explores the conservation of one of the most important building materials, focusing on its application in windows, roofing, and walling. This book delves into the technological evolution of glass and glazing systems and discusses the processes that lead to deterioration. It offers insights into the practical application and long-term implications of common conservation materials...
    Hardback
    $31800
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • Practical Building Conservation: Metals
    Practical Building Conservation: Metals addresses the conservation of a group of materials integral to the construction industry, used for everything from structural components and fixings to weatherproofing, repairs, and decoration. The book covers both iron-based and non-ferrous metals, such as copper, bronze, and lead. It examines technological evolution, deterioration processes, and the practical application and long-term implications of the common...
    Hardback
    $34100
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • Practical Building Conservation: Roofing
    Practical Building Conservation: Roofing explores traditional roof coverings used on historic buildings. Many materials and systems have been utilized to provide roof coverings, and the book offers insight into their technological evolution, the processes causing deterioration, and methods for assessing problems and solutions. Furthermore, the book addresses repairs, maintenance, and the conflicts that arise with modern practices. Practical Building Conservation:...
    Hardback
    $34100
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • Practical Building Conservation: Stone
    Practical Building Conservation: Stone considers the wide variety of historical uses, from simple masonry walling through to elaborate carving and decoration. The book explores why stone decays or fails and how to assess and understand the causes. It then focuses on the practical methods of treatment, repair, and maintenance.
    Hardback
    $31800
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks

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