300) Conservation of Building and Decorative Stone (Volume 2) ***

Ashurst, J. and Dimes, F.G. (1990). Conservation of Building and Decorative Stone (Volume 2). Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford.

• Methods of repairing and consolidating stone buildings (ms1-54)
• Structural failure and repair (ms55-70)
• The selection of stone for repair (ms71-77)
• Mortar for stone buildings (ms78-96)
• Traditional handworking of stone: methods and recognition (ms97-106)
• Earthquake damage to historic masonry structures (ms107-113)
• The repair and remedial treatment of buildings (ms114-124)
• Cleaning masonry buildings (ms125-154)
• Surface treatments (ms155-183)
• The conservation of stone monuments in churches (ms185-196)
• The conservation of stone sculpture in museums (ms197-207)
• The cleaning of painted stone (ms214-218)
• The cleaning and consolidation of the stonework (ms219-227)
• Limewashing (ms229-230)
• Effects of large numbers of visitors on historic buildings (231-236)
• The use of air-abrasive cleaning techniques for stone building surfaces (ms237-239)
• The analytical approach to stone, its cleaning, repair and treatment (ms240-243)
• References (ms77-243)