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Adobe Conservation Handbook

New Edition now Available!

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Cornerstones' richly illustrated guide, Adobe Conservation--A Preservation Handbook, is acknowledged as the best source for expert, field-tested information on the care and maintenance of historic adobe buildings--from small vernacular structures to the great Spanish Colonial missions.  As a true "how-to" manual, it presents a user-friendly and straightforward approach to the assessment, maintenance, preservation and restoration of earthen buildings based on time tested techniques.

Completely revised and updated in 2006, subjects include:

• architectural styles and materials

• tools and equipment

• materials and supplies

• emergency shoring

• moisture testing in adobe walls

• material selection

• mixing and testing

• making adobe bricks

• repairing and rebuilding adobe walls

• repairing cracks in adobe walls

• mud and lime plastering

• earthen and lime finishes

• removing contra paredes

• repairing corbels

• inspecting vigas and corbels

• splicing vigas

• compliance with State and Federal cultural resource protection legislation

• glossary of terms

• bibliography

To download a copy of the Adobe Conservation Handbook Order Form please click on the below link

Adobe Conservation Order Form in pdf