Caring for your historic house

Book - 1998

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Published
New York : Harry N. Abrams 1998.
Language
English
Corporate Authors
Heritage Preservation (Organization), United States. National Park Service
Corporate Authors
Heritage Preservation (Organization) (-), United States. National Park Service
Other Authors
Gordon Bock (-)
Item Description
"Preserving and maintaining structural systems, roofs, masonry, plaster, wallpapers, paint, mechanical and electrical systems, windows, woodwork, flooring, landscape"--Cover.
Physical Description
256 p. : ill
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9780810940871
  • Why care about your historic house? / Hugh C. Miller
  • Getting to know your house / Deborah Slaton
  • Establishing a maintenance program / Dale H. Frens
  • Structural systems / Robert Silman
  • Roofs / John R. Volz
  • Exterior masonry / Richard Pieper
  • Exterior woodwork / John Leeke
  • Wooden windows / Charles E. Fisher
  • Exterior paints and other finishes / Andrea M. Gilmore
  • Plaster / David Flaharty
  • Wallpapers / T.K. McClintock
  • Interior paints and other finishes / Jeffrey Greene
  • Interior woodwork / James Boorstein
  • Flooring and floor finishes / Mary Harding Sadler
  • Heating, cooling, and ventilating systems / William B. Rose
  • Kitchens and bathrooms / Richard O. Byrne
  • Lighting and electrical systems / Gordon Bock
  • Caring for the landscape / Barbara Wyatt
  • Fire protection / Marilyn E. Kaplan
  • Appraisals, insurance, preservation easements, and estate planning.