Preservation Briefs Roofs
Roofing for historic buildings discusses research methods analysis of deterioration and the general significance of historic roofs.
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Preservation briefs provide guidance on preserving rehabilitating and restoring historic buildings. Department of the interior national park service cultural resources heritage preservation services significance of the roof a weather tight roof is basic in the preservation of a struc ture regardless of its age size or design. Repair of star cracks in copper roofs procedure code. The repair replacement and maintenance of historic slate roofs.
A weather tight roof is basic in the preservation of a structure regardless of its age size or design. The briefs are especially useful to historic preservation tax incentives program applicants because they recommend methods and approaches for rehabilitating historic buildings that are consistent with their historic character. Briefs roofing for historic buildings sarah m. On the exterior the most notable feature of the dutch barn is the broad gable roof which in early examples now extremely rare extended very low to the ground.
Roofing for historic buildings national park service preservation briefs. Preservation briefs provide guidance on preserving rehabilitating and restoring historic buildings. The maintenance and repair of architectural cast iron. Some of the web versions of the preservation briefs differ somewhat from the printed versions.
The author gratefully acknowledges the invaluable assistance of co worker michael auer in preparing this brief for publication. The purpose of this preservation brief is to assist property owners architects preservationists and building managers in understanding the causes of slate roof failures and undertaking the repair and replacement of slate roofs. Tin coated malleable iron was disappearing at the time. Note 1 preservation brief 4.
In the 1860 s the options for metal roofs were copper lead tin coated iron and terne coated steel. Minor repairs to lead roofing and accessories procedure code.