Stone Masonry: Stone Restoration Handbook

Stone Masonry - Stone Restoration Handbook. By Ron O'Connor. A Master Mason offers guidance to the Stone Restoration Industry. He shares information and experiences that are useful to Professionals and Academics. It raises awareness of practical issues that need to be considered when making decisions about stone.The skills, insights, practical advice, and techniques highlighted should help to facilitate Surveying, Draughtsmanship, Stone Production, and Fixing.The author's character and reflections, about the evolution of stone masonry, also add interest.There is guidance for Clients, Architects, Engineers, Official Approvers, Draughtsmen, Main Contractors, Restoration Companies, Stone Suppliers, Scaffolders, Fixers, Students etc.There are references to interesting projects and locations like, Horse Guards Parade, Whitehall, Greenwich, Lord Nelson's column - Trafalgar Square, Parliament Square where the Nelson Mandela's statue and stone base is located, Portland etc.The book includes interesting photographs, drawings, illustrations, and instructional sketches. All sorts of stone work is covered from monuments and memorials to castles and palaces, public buildings to period houses and church repairs. Ron O'Connor's Stone Restoration Handbook is sharing knowledge gathered by four generations.