TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ashurst,John
AU  - Dimes,Francis G.
TI  - Conservation of building and decorative stone
SN  - 9781138142749
AV  - TA426 .C64 2011
PY  - 2011///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Building stones
KW  - Deterioration
KW  - Stone buildings
KW  - Conservation and restoration
KW  - fast
N1  - First published by Butterworth-Heinemann. First edition 1990 in two volumes; paperback edition 1998; Includes bibliographical references and indexes; pt. 1; An introduction to the restoration, conservation and repair of stone; Ian Bristow; The nature of building and decorative stones; Francis G. Dimes; Igneous rocks; Francis G. Dimes; Sedimentary rocks; Francis G. Dimes; Metamorphic rocks; Francis G. Dimes; Determination of a sample; Francis G. Dimes; Weathering and decay of masonry; David B . Honeyborne; Illustrations of weathering and decay phenomena --; pt. 2; Methods of repairing and consolidating stone building; John Ashurst; Structural failure and repair; Ralph Mills; The selection of stone for repairs; David B. Honeyborne; Mortars for stone buildings; John Ashurst; Traditional handworking of stone: methods and recognition; Peter Hill; Earthquake damage to historic masonry structures; Alejandro Alva Balderrama; The repair and remedial treatment of the East Block Parliament buildings, Ottawa, Canada; Keith Blades and John Stewart; Cleaning masonry buildings; John Ashurst; Surface treatments; David B. Honeyborne, John Ashurst, Clifford Price and Keith Ross; The conservation of stone monuments in churches; John Larson; The conservation of stone sculpture in museums; John Larson; The museum display of architectural features; Deborah Carthy; The cleaning of painted stone; Clare Finn; The cleaning and consolidation of the stonework to the Annuciation Door, Chapter House, Westminster Abbey; Keith Taylor, Christopher Gradwell and Teresa McGarth; Appendix 1; Limewashing; John Ashurst; Appendix 2; Effects of large numbers of visitors on historic buildings; David Honeyborne; Appendix 3; The use of air-abrasive cleaning techniques for stone building surfaces; Peter Moss; Appendix 4; The analytical approach to stone, its cleaning, repair and treatment; Nicola Ashurst and John Kelly
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