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Respectful rehabilitation : answers to your questions about old buildings

by: United States. National Park Service. Technical Preservation Services Division; Preservation Press

Publication date: 1982

Topics: Historic buildings, Historic buildings, Historic buildings, Monuments historiques, Monuments historiques, Monuments historiques

Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Preservation Press

Collection: internetarchivebooks; americana

Contributor: Internet Archive

Language: English

Bibliography: p. 173-178

Includes index

Getting started -- The environment -- Building site -- Structural systems -- Masonry: adobe, brick, stone, terra cotta, concrete, stucco and mortar -- Wood: clapboard, weatherboard, shingles and other wooden siding -- Architectural metals: cast iron, steel, pressed tin, aluminum and zinc -- Roofs and roofing -- Windows and doors -- Storefronts -- Entrances, porches and steps -- Exterior finishes -- Interior features -- New construction -- Mechanical systems: heating, air conditioning, electrical, plumbing and fire protection -- Safety and code requirements -- The Secretary of the Interiors standards for rehabilitation -- Guidelines for rehabilitating historic buildings -- Reading about rehabilitation -- Where to get help