Contents:
Forward by Philip Venning Secretary, SPAB
Advisory note
Preface1. Look before you leap
2. Getting the work done
3. Breathability and damp
4. Walls
5. Structural movement
6. Roofs
7. Timber and carpentry
8. Solid floors
9. Chimneys, flues and fireplaces
10. Windows, doors and joinery
11. Plasters, renders and roughcast
12. Paints and finishes
13. Building services
14. Living for today and tomorrowAcknowledgements
Picture credits
Index