| Description |
xvi, 232 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Nature of Wood. 1. Origins and durability of building timber. 2. Sorption of water by timber -- Pt. 2. Agents of Decay and Traditional Treatments. 3. Post-harvest changes and decay. 4. Death watch beetle (Xestobium rufovillosum). 5. Furniture beetle or woodworm (Anobium punctatum). 6. Minor decay insects. 7. Dry rot. 8. Wet rots and minor decay fungi. 9. Timber pretreatments. 10. Regulations, legislation and charters -- Pt. 3. Effects of the Building Environment on Timbers. 11. Drying and wetting: A historical perspective on timber decay within buildings. 12. Fire damage and dereliction. 13. Monitoring the building environment -- Pt. 4. Evolving a Philosophy for Timber Treatment. 14. Resolving conflicts between treatment and conservation -- App. A. Analytical approach to preservative treatment -- App. B. Dry rot case studies |
| Summary |
"Timber Decay in Buildings is the first book to tackle all the issues relating to timber decay. It presents the facts and explores timber decay problems through case studies. These are illustrated with clear self-explanatory photographs for the reader to use as a diagnostic aid. The methods outlined here are intended to reduce unnecessary damage frequently caused to buildings by uninformed timber treatments, and form the basis of the timber conservation methods advocated by English Heritage and Historic Scotland."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Wood - Deterioration |
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Wooden-frame buildings - Conservation and restoration |
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Historic buildings - Conservation and restoration |
| Notes |
Published in association with: English Heritage and Historic Scotland |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Wooden-frame buildings -- Conservation and restoration.
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Wood -- Deterioration.
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| Author |
English Heritage.
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Historic Scotland.
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| LC no. |
99020873 |
| ISBN |
0419188207 : |
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