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Caring for your historic house / Heritage Preservation and National Park Service ; Charles E. Fisher and Hugh C. Miller, general editors ; Clare Bouton Hansen, project director; preface by Robert Stanton and Lawrence L. Reger ; foreword by Hillary Rodham Clinton ; introduction by Richard H. Jenrette ; with essays by Gordon Bock ... [et al.].
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection TH4817 .C32 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dwellings--Maintenance and repair.
- Dwellings.
- Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration.
- Historic buildings.
- Physical Description:
- 256 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harry N. Abrams, 1998.
- Contents:
- Why care about your historic house?
- Geting to know your house
- Establishing a maintenance program
- Structural systems
- Roofs
- Exterior masonry
- Exterior woodwork
- Wooden windows
- Exterior paints and other finishes
- Plaster
- wallpapers
- Interior paints and other finishes
- Interior woodwork
- Flooring and floor finishes
- heating, cooling, and ventilating systems
- Kitchens and bathrooms
- Lighting and electrical systems
- Caring for the landscape
- Fire protection
- Appraisals, insurance, preservation easements, and estate planning.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-249) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0810940876
- 0810927799 (pbk.)
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