Old house handbook

Roger Hunt

£35.00

Available on back-order

Old House Handbook is a completely authoritative guide on how to look after your old house – whether Tudor, Georgian, Victorian or Edwardian – authorised by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.

ISBN: 9780711281479 Category:

Description

This 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.
 

Additional information

Weight 1.28 kg
Dimensions 26.9 × 25 × 2.4 cm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

256

Language

English

Edition

Second edition

Dewey

690.24 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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