Materials & skills for historic building conservation / 
 Materials and skills for historic building conservation 
edited by Michael Forsyth. 
 - Oxford :  Blackwell Pub.,  2008. 
 - xi, 220 p. :  ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ;  26 cm. 
 - Historic building conservation. .
 - Historic building conservation. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>The philosophy of repair / Michael Forsyth -- Stone. Types of wall construction / Ian Williams. Oolitic limestone / David McLaughlin. Sandstone / Ian Williams. Granite / Robert Cotta -- Brickwork / Mike Stock -- Lime-based plasters, renders and washes / Rory Young -- Concrete and reinforced concrete / Michael Bussell -- Stone slate, clay tile and metamorphic slate / Christopher Harris -- Cast iron, wrought iron and steel / Geoff Wallis and Michael Bussell -- Understanding decay in building timbers / Brian Ridout -- Timber / Charley Brentnall -- Wattle and daub / Tony Graham -- Sash windows / Gus Astley -- Window glass / Michael Forsyth -- Exterior colour on the smaller town house / Patrick Baty. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1405111704 9781405111706 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Building materials.<br/>Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration--Materials.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TA403.8  / .M376 2008