344) Building Components and Materials (Volume 2) ***

Building Research Establishment Digest (BRE) (1983). Building Components and Materials (Volume 2). Her Majesty's Stationery Office Publications Centre, London.

• Clay brickwork (ms1-8)
• Perforated clay bricks (ms9-16)
• Calcium sislicate (sandlime, flintlime) brickwork (ms17-23)
• Repairing brickwork (ms25-32)
• Sulphate attack on brickwork (ms33-36)
• Mortars for bricklaying (ms37-40)
• External rendered finishes (ms81-84)
• Choosing specifications for plastering (ms85-213)
• Painting walls: choice of paint (ms93-100)
• Painting walls: failures and remedies (ms101-107)
• Painting woodwork (ms109-116)
• Wood preservatives: application methods (ms117-123)
• The use of elm timber (ms125-127)
• The use of chipboard (ms129-132)
• The selection of natural building stone (ms133-40)
• Decay and conservation of stone masonry (ms141-144)
• Glass fibre reinforced cement (m145-152)
• Choice of glues for wood (ms221-224)
• Polyvinyl acetate adhesives for wood (ms225-228)
• Site use of adhesives (ms229-240)
• Design and appearance (ms241-252)
• Further reading (ms8-240)