*"This is a fab book. It shows you how to maintain an old house and cope with any problems without damaging the patina that builds up over the ages, or being ripped off by one of the many building firms that sell unnecessary treatment products or services that can not only damage old houses, but cost thousands"*

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Product Description

A completely authoritative guide on how to look after your old house - whether Tudor, Georgian, Victorian or Edwardian, authorised by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4645 in Books
• Published on: 2008-10-23
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .82" h x 10.10" w x 10.78" l, 2.78 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 204 pages

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Review
Provides richly and deeply informed practical guidance to preserve the rich legacy of any old building. --Scottish Sunday Mail

This no nonsense guide is essential for any period-home owner. --Homebuilding and Renovating

Thorough, careful and orthodox account of the various processes involved in repair and refurbishment. A useful handmaid for someone setting out to do work on an old building. --Victorian

About the Author
Roger Hunt studied stage management at drama school and has worked in film, television and photography. A major turning point in his life was attending a weekend homeowners' course run by the SPAB. Loving history and having been intrigued by building techniques and materials since childhood, he then started writing about old buildings and their construction. He now contributes to magazines on old and new buildings, history and, more recently, sustainability issues. He is the author of Rural Britain: Then & Now, Villages of England and Hidden Depths: an archaeological exploration of Surrey's past.

Marianne Suhr, MRICS, SPAB Lethaby Scholar, is a Chartered Building Surveyor specialising in the repair of historic buildings. After completing a scholarship with the SPAB she worked for seven years in architectural practice, then concentrated on hands-on repair projects including three very different old houses. She was a co-presenter of three series of BBC2's Restoration and has also fronted the Discovery series, Project Restoration. She works part-time for the SPAB, running workshops around the country, teaching builders, home-owners and architects how to repair old buildings properly.