308) Practical Building Conservation - English Heritage Technical Handbook Volume 1: Stone and Mortar ***

Ashurst, J. and Ashurst, N. (1989). Practical Building Conservation - English Heritage Technical Handbook Volume 1: Stone and Mortar. Gower Technical Press Ltd., England.

• Repair and maintenance of stone (ms1-18)
• Control of organic growth (ms20-26)
• Grouting masonry walls (ms27-33)
• Repair with mortar (plastic repair) (ms34-42)
• Masonry cleaning (ms43-66)
• Removal of soluble salts from masonry (desalination) (ms68-72)
• Cleaning marble (ms73-78)
• The cleaning and treatment of limestone by the 'lime method' (ms79-86)
• Masonry consolidants (ms87-91)
• Colourless water-repellent treatments (ms92-94)
• Case study: the consolidation of clunch (ms96-100)
• References (ms19,66-67,72,78,95)