F W B Charles, Mary Charles

Conservation of Timber Buildings

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Offers a look at the various types of structure generally associated with the timber-frame tradition. This title discusses repair techniques, the procedures of investigation, the preliminary survey and the structural survey, followed up by case studies. It features numerous line illustrations and photographs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 277mm x 221mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 839g
• ISBN-13: 9781873394175
• ISBN-10: 1873394179
• Artikelnr.: 37195340

Autorenporträt

F.W.B Charles, Mary Charles

Inhaltsangabe

Structural types: rafter roofs
purlin roofs
post-and-truss
crucks
base-cruck v Timber: properties and effects of environment
oaks and other trees for building
decay of oak
use of unseasoned oak
size of trees
cruck trees
today's trees
conservation methods
the specification for timbers
reused timbers v Organization and framing: history
the carpenter's yard
sample building and numbering system
framing
site erection v Historical change: introductory section focusing on the years 1100-1650
the town house
the countryside
cottages
post-1650 v Office Practice: Preliminary survey and report - the Old Crown House
Birmingham Structural survey and repairs v Case Studies: Shell Manor (Himbleton
Droitwich) Cheylesmore Manor House (Coventry) Much Wenlock Guildhall and Wellington Inn (Manchester) v Examples of buildings restored by the Practice.