Includes index

Look before you leap -- Getting the work done -- Breathability and damp -- Walls -- Structural movement -- Roofs -- Timber and carpentry -- Solid floors -- Chimneys, doors and joinery -- Plasters, renders and roughcast -- Paints and finishes -- Building services -- Living for today and tomorrow

"This fully revised and updated book is the authoritative guide on how to look after your old house - whether it is a timber-framed medieval cottage, an eighteenth-century town house or a Victorian or Edwardian terrace. Written in association with The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, the authors' approach is one of respect, restraint and repair rather than 'restoration', which can so easily and permanently destroy the special qualities of an old building. From the foundations to the roof, from the need for modern services to traditional paintwork and finishes, from windows and doors to breathability and damp in walls and floors, this handbook provides informed practical guidance. It is essential reading on maintenance and repair for all those with an old house"--Publisher's description

"First published in 2008 by Frances Lincoln, an imprint of Quarto. This revised and updated edition first published in 2023."

Published in association with The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings