Historical evaluation and damaged assessment , preservation treatments, log repair and chinking

Historical background, traditional construction and corner notching, chinking and restoring foundations and roofs.

Slate roofs are historic design feature and cannot be duplicated using substitutes materials.Roofs should be maintained and repaired to extend their serviceable lives.

An introduction to slate, its history in the US, The character and detailing of the fabric.

Plaster is a significant part of the fabric of a building where plaster cannot be repaired or conserved. This episode contains outlines of moving forward with techniques and mixes

Careful research is used to determine the original appearance of historic roofs. it’s important to match original fabric as much as possible. lastly, once installed a wooden shingle roof must be maintained.

Explanations of different types of historic paint failures as interventions.

To save a building from demolition, it may be required to close up and temporarily satisfy measures to preserve the building in the short term for 10 years.

To save windows or not, are the Windows original? What did the original piece look like? Just a few of the many questions answered in historic frenestration.

Part II endeavors in the materials and surface spaces to be investigated.