Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair - Hardcover

Hunt, Roger; Suhr, Marianne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0711227721 ISBN 13: 9780711227729

Publisher: Frances Lincoln, 2008

Synopsis

Here, for the first time, is a completely authoritative guide on how to look after your old house - whether it's a timber framed medieval cottage, an eighteenth century urban terrace or an example of Victorian or Edwardian speculative development.ÿ

Taking their lead from the conservation approach of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (who have approved and authorised this volume), the approach is one of respect, restraint and repair rather than 'restoration' which can so easily and permanently destroy the rich historical legacy of any old building.

This book provides richly and deeply informed practical guidance, with sections including:

• Breathability and Damp
• Structural Movement
• Roofs
• Timber and Carpentry
• Windows Doors and joinery.

It will be essential reading for anyone with an old house in need of any kind of repair or maintenance.

`For any of us working on or living in old buildings, this brilliant and properly illustrated volume is the manual we've been waiting for. Thank you SPAB.' Kevin McCloud, Presenter of Grand Designs, Channel 4

About this title

About the Author:

ROGER HUNT, co-author (with Marianne Suhr) of Old House Handbook, is an award-winning writer and blogger with a particular interest in sustainable and vernacular architecture and the materials and techniques used in construction. He is the author of Rural Britain: Then and Now, a celebration of the British countryside, Villages of England and Hidden Depths, an archaeological exploration of Surrey’s past.He lectures on building-related issues, is a judge of annual awards for new housing and serves on the editorial board of the SPAB magazine. His latest renovation project is a 1900 house on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA.MARIANNE SUHR is a Chartered Building Surveyor specialising in the repair of historic buildings. After a scholarship with the SPAB, she worked for seven years in architectural practice, then full-time on hands-on repair projects including three very different old houses. For the SPAB she has run over 40 homeowners’ courses and numerous ‘limedays’. She is co-author (with Roger Hunt) of Old House Handbook, and has written and lectured extensively. A co-presenter of three series of BBC2’s Restoration, she recently set up the Old House Consultancy, advising on repairs and alterations in the Oxfordshire locality.

Review:

Provides richly and deeply informed practical guidance to preserve the rich legacy of any old building.

About this edition

• Publisher: Frances Lincoln
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0711227721
• ISBN 13: 9780711227729
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 204