By William Barr McKay

McKay deals conservation practitioners a necessary figuring out of the normal sorts of development, overlaying using masonry and brickwork, carpentry and joinery, slating, plumbing and drainage. The booklet comprises: the author's large, hugely precise drawings to demonstrate the textual content; invaluable fabric on conventional craft perform - crucial for venture upkeep; and reasons of terminology and methods - easily described.

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