Understanding building failures / James Douglas and Bill Ransom.

By: Publisher: London : Routledge, 2013Edition: Fourth editionDescription: xviii, 326 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780415508797 (pbk.) :
  • 0415508797
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23
Summary: This is an introduction to the study of defects in buildings and, in consequence, to good practice and to conservation and repair. This book contains material that includes an outline of the principles of building pathology; sections on deterioration mechanisms, and service life prediction and dampness investigation.
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Previous edition: London: Taylor and Francis, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This is an introduction to the study of defects in buildings and, in consequence, to good practice and to conservation and repair. This book contains material that includes an outline of the principles of building pathology; sections on deterioration mechanisms, and service life prediction and dampness investigation.

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