Welcome to Build Conserve’s Heritage Building  Resource Hub

The following documents and links provide an insight for my clients to educate themselves of the methodology required to identify & conserve their Heritage Building asset.

 

Achieving high quality building conservation outcomes (PDF, 681.3 KB)

Flickr photos demonstrating dos and don’ts when working with timber frames, joinery, paintwork and stonework

Disability access for heritage buildings (DOCX, 860.5 KB)

Gardens – heritage gardens (PDF, 330.5 KB)

Watering heritage gardens (PDF, 1.2 MB)

Heritage buildings and energy efficiency (PDF, 268.9 KB)

Heritage buildings and sustainability (PDF, 253.6 KB)

Maintenance and Repairs (PDF, 191.4 KB)

Preparing a Maintenance Plan (PDF, 113.6 KB)

Inspection Schedule (PDF, 57.9 KB)

Metalwork (PDF, 91.3 KB)

Specification for the submission of Archival Photographic Records  (DOCX, 1.1 MB)

Heritage Technical Codes and Requirements

Repointing Mortar Joints – Some Important Points (PDF, 214.3 KB)

Slating  (PDF, 222.6 KB)

Timber – wood preservation (PDF, 66.7 KB)

SPAB website.

Tongue and groove (PDF, 668.9 KB)

Timber repairs (PDF, 845.6 KB)

Cleaning Masonry – walls (PDF, 89.4 KB)

Lime Mortars for the Repair of Masonry (PDF, 1.0 MB)

Repointing with Lime Mortars (PDF, 851.4 KB)

Salt attack and rising damp (PDF, 3.3 MB)

Places of worship (PDF, 1.5 MB)

Victorian Stucco Part 1 (PDF, 1.5 MB)

Victorian Stucco Part 2 (PDF, 1.3 MB)

Victorian Stucco (DOC, 1.2 MB)