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Survey and Repair of Traditional Buildings A conservation and sustainable approach Richard Oxley
Hardback £39.50 $79.00 Publication date 2003 224 pages ISBN 978 1 873394 50 2 |
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Understanding the unique requirements of traditional buildings is crucial to providing appropriate guidance on their care and repair. This book will help practitioners identify the particular issues relating to older buildings and the problems they may encounter when surveying and repairing them. With the use of examples, the author provides invaluable information on how traditional buildings perform, emphasizing the need for a sensitive and sustainable approach which also takes account of the specific needs of the building. The book examines all aspects to be included in any assessment for survey and repair, and points out in detail the potential pitfalls. It also explores the controversial issues surrounding the treatment of damp and timber decay, advocating solutions that are appropriate to older buildings rather than using standard, often damaging, methods of treatment. The extensive case studies not only illustrate good conservation in practice but also how projects can go badly wrong, and how mistakes could have been avoided.
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| Introduction v The need for change v Values and principles v Sustainability v The traditional performance v Legislation v The building assessment v Dampness and decay v Summary - sustainable solutions. | ||||||||||||
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Richard Oxley takes
his reader back to first principles in his very readable work, Survey
and Repair of Traditional Buildings. His love of our older built
environment is obvious as he unpeels its layers to expose the
superficiality not only of the repairs so often carried out but of the
approach of many surveyors too. Ecclesiastical and Heritage World |
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