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Aims to educate professionals how to use traditional, benign techniques and materials, and to educate home owners about correct methods of mortar mixing and pointing to enable them to commission and...
An introduction to the development of house types and construction materials over the last thousand years. Begins with the crude earth and timber structures of the early Middle Ages and traces the...
A sequel to PRINCIPLES OF URBAN CONSERVATION covering such practical issues as alternative uses for buildings to achieve commercial viability, conservation as an aid to tourist interest, income, and...
Conservationists have become a potent force in contemporary architecture, lamenting and sometimes preventing the demolition of old buildings. Equally vociferous and convinced are those who believe that...
Many options exist between the instinct to create new buildings and to preserve existing ones. This film, developed from an original idea by architect Donald Insali, examines the implications on three...
The identification, life cycle and habits of the most common wood-boring beetles and insects: common furniture beetle, death watch beetle, bark sap borer, wood boring weevil, house longhorn beetle, power...
A detailed consideration of: the effects of fungal decay; essential conditions for decay; woodland fungi; dry rot; wet rot; decay in external joinery; sap stain; mould growth.
Illustrates: types of wood preservative; conditions of timber prior to treatment; methods of application; permeability of timber; testing and evaluation; safe working practices.
The six programmes survey aspects of modern architecture and show many of the most striking and controversial buildings of the 20th century. 1: Looks at the reasons for public dissatisfaction with modern...
Discusses: the building surveyor’s essential equipment; the surveying procedure; the preparation of a report.
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