Preservation Brief 4 Roofing For Historic Buildings

Roofing for historic buildings.

Preservation brief 4 roofing for historic buildings.

Roofing for historic buildings discusses research methods analysis of deterioration and the general significance of historic roofs. Roofing for historic buildings. The repair replacement and maintenance of historic slate roofs. Preservation briefs provide guidance on preserving rehabilitating and restoring historic buildings.

The author gratefully acknowledges the invaluable assistance of co worker michael auer in preparing this brief for publication. The most important repair to avoid is replacing broken or missing roof tiles on a historic building with materials other than matching natural clay tiles. Much of the technical information was based upon an unpublished report prepared under contract for this office by john g. And information on both historic roofing and the application of modern material to historic buildings.

Note 1 preservation brief 4. This preservation brief was written by sarah m sweetser architectural historian technical preservation services division. Within its 400 pages it features such topics as code issues performance historic and modern technology substitute and traditional materials evaluation and planning and maintenance procedures. Roofing for historic buildings nps preservation brief 19.

The repair and replacement of historic wooden shingle roofs nps preservation brief 29. 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. A new addition to a historic building should preserve the building s historic character. In the 1860 s the options for metal roofs were copper lead tin coated iron and terne coated steel.

Tin coated malleable iron was disappearing at the time. Preservation briefs brochures produced by the heritage preservation services of the national park service designed to assist owners and developers of historic buildings in recognizing and resolving common preservation and repair problems prior to work. Preservation brief aia continuing ed. Copper and terne rolled roofs were very popular during that vintage terne more so because it was less expensive.

Concrete metal or plastic tiles are generally not appropriate substitutes for clay roofing tiles. Nps preservation brief 2. The intent of this preservation brief is to provide guidance to owners architects and developers on how to design a compatible new addition including a rooftop addition to a historic building. Repointing mortar joints in historic masonry buildings nps preservation brief 4.