English Heritage : practical building conservation. Mortars, renders & plasters /
Contributor(s): Henry, Alison (Lecturer) [editor.] | Stewart, John (Architectural conservator) [editor.] | English Heritage.
Series: Practical building conservation: Publisher: Oxon : Routledge, 2018Description: viii, 643 pages : illustrations (some colour), map ; 25 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780754645597; 9780754645597:; 0754645592.Other title: Practical building conservation | Mortars, renders and plasters.Subject(s): Mortar -- Deterioration -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Mortar -- Deterioration | Masonry -- Maintenance and repair -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Plasterwork, Decorative -- Maintenance and repair | Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Historic buildings -- Conservation and restorationDDC classification: 691.5Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 691.5 HEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 0081438 |
Originally published by Ashgate, in association with English Heritage, in 2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Materials & history of use -- Deterioration & damage -- Assessment -- Treatment & repair -- Care & maintenance -- Special topic : paints for plaster & render -- Special topic : decorative painting on plaster & render -- Special topic: natural cements -- Special topic : mortar floors -- Special topic : ruins -- Appendices -- Glossary -- Acknowledgements & picture credits.
This volume looks at the deterioration, examination, repair and preservation of mortars used within masonry, and as interior and exterior surface finishes. It also provides the methodology for developing replacement mortars for a wide range of uses, from re-pointing to re-rendering.