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books:

Historic Building Façades: The Manual for Maintenance and Rehabilitation

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Wiley, 1997

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This book has a very good desription of how to restore old facades and outlines numerous possiblities of why the facade my have failed. The pictures and graphics also help to complete the book in that it gives great examples to link the nomiclature and pictures together.

Repairing Old and Historic Windows: A Manual for Architects and Homeowners
New York Landmarks Conservancy

Wiley, 1992

Repairing Old and Historic Windows Windows are a common problem in nearly every rehabilitation project should they be repaired or must they be replaced? What can be done to repair a water-damaged sill? Can a window be retrofitted with storm windows? How can windows be replaced while still maintaining their historical integrity? Repairing Old and Historic Windows explores these questions and provides detailed information on how to go about ...