Title & Author:

The Housing rehabilitation handbook / John Benson [and others].

Publication:

London : Architectural Press, 1980.

Description:

[6], 231 pages : illustrations, plans ; 31 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Repair and maintenance -- The approach to rehabilitation -- Pitched roofs -- Flat roofs -- Structural stability -- External walls -- Interiors -- Drainage -- External works -- Dampness in buildings -- Damp-proof courses -- Penetrating damp -- Surface treatments -- Separate layers -- Condensation -- Timber decay -- Basements and ground floors -- Insecticidal smokes and vapours -- Case studies -- ASSIST, a basis for tenement improvement in Scotland -- Initial repairs at Haringey, London -- Rehabilitated housing for the disabled -- The NCB tenant liaison service -- Sheltered housing through rehabilitation -- Rehabilitated housing for single people -- Improvements and conversions -- The architect's role -- Briefing meetings with clients -- Standard documents -- Decanting -- Surveys -- Areas for improvement -- Sketch schemes for housing conversion -- Sound insulation -- Fire -- Services -- Structures -- Interior finishing -- Steel beam sizing -- Administration -- Notes on running the job -- Grants.
Also issued online.

ISBN:

0851392938
9780851392936

Subject:

Dwellings Remodeling.
Architecture, Domestic Conservation and restoration.
Buildings Repair and reconstruction.
Constructions Réfection.
Habitations Réfection.
Architecture domestique Conservation et restauration.
Residences Rehabilitation Great Britain For architectural design

Added entries:

Benson, John (John Bernard)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 63212
Call No.: 6212; ID:85-B8185
Status: External loan

Location: Library main 63213
Call No.: W8838; ID:85-B8185
Status: Available