Description
Book SynopsisThis fully revised and updated book is the authoritative guide on how to look after your old house – whether it is a timber-framed medieval cottage, an eighteenth-century town house or a Victorian or Edwardian terrace. Written in association with The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, the authors’ approach is one of respect, restraint and repair rather than ‘restoration’, which can so easily and permanently destroy the special qualities of an old building.
From the foundations to the roof, from the need for modern services to traditional paintwork and finishes, from windows and doors to breathability and damp in walls and floors, this handbook provides informed practical guidance. It is
essential reading on maintenance and repair for all those with an old house.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. Look Before You Leap
2. Getting the Work Done
3. Breathability and Damp
4. Walls
5. Structural Movement
6. Roofs
7. Timber Carpentry
8. Solid Floors
9. Chimneys, Flues and Fireplaces
10. Windows, Doors and Joinery
11. Plasters, Renders and Roughcast
12. Paints and Finishes
13. Building Services
14. Living for Today and Tomorrow
