The World of Old Houses
Restoring, renovating, remodelling or maintaining an old house, heritage building or traditional architecture? Look here for information, advice & assistance as well as all the bits'n'pieces you need: castings, decorative glass, fireplaces, fabrics, hardware, joinery, lighting, plumbing, plaster, tiles as well as colour schemes, decoration, bathrooms & kitchens - absolutely everything for old houses in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, the UK or the USA!
The author of this website, Ian Evans, is a participant in the Troodos Archaeological and Environmental Survey Project (http://www.tasp.arts.gla.ac.uk) , an international, interdisciplinary project in the Troodos mountains of Cyprus, which includes the study of traditional buildings in the survey area ranging from mud-brick village houses to 18th-century watermills and much older World Heritage churches.
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The Masonry Conservation Research Group
http://www.rgu.ac.uk/schools/mcrg/mcrghome.htm
Located in the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, the MCRG is a multidisciplinary team with an international reputation in the field of masonry conservation. The research group was established in 1989. Its members are drawn from various faculties of the University including building science, geology, chemistry, geochemistry, ecology, microbiology, psychology, archaeology, surveying and architecture. In addition to research publications in journals and conference proceedings, the results of MCRG research are widely published in formats that aim to benefit professionals and practitioners in the built environment.
Contaminated Land
http://www.contaminatedland.co.uk
Information on Contaminated Land in the UK, for all working in the field, whether involved in buying, selling, assessing, advising, remediating or even just ingesting…
An excellent and comprehensive website on all aspects of Contaminated land, including past and current legislation and 'trigger levels' for contaminants.
Conservation OnLine CoOL
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/misc/commercial.html#analytic
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/
CoOL, a project of the Preservation Department of Stanford University Libraries, is a full text library of conservation information, covering a wide spectrum of topics of interest to those involved with the conservation of library, archives and museum materials.
South Somerset District Council
http://www.southsomerset.gov.uk
A rather large website which includes an impressive compilation of guidance and information on Environment and Building Conservation, though you may need careful digging / selection of 'search keywords' to find it. For example, a search for the phrase 'mixes and proportions' leads you to http://www.southsomerset.gov.uk/agenda21/buildingcons/lime book/mixesand.htm, which lists criteria for recommended replacement lime mortar and render mixes versus various applications and exposure situations.
Alternatively, you can use the Site Navigation ('Go To') bar at the top of the website to go to the 'Conservation' and 'Building Conservation' areas of the website, or any other area of interest.
The Section 'A Guide to the use of Lime in Historic Buildings' is recommended.
