Historic plaster ceilings. Part 2: Survey, assessment and methods of conservation

The first book to provide a complete guide to the conservation and maintenance of traditional architectural ironwork.

This course introduces timber as an engineering material, with a focus on its use in historic structures. It covers non-destructive techniques for condition assessment and strategies for the reuse of heritage structures.

Scott Brookes provides an introduction to historic plasterwork, outlining the historical development of the most common forms of traditional ceiling construction and summarising typical causes of deterioration and failure.