Old House Eco Handbook - Roger Hunt

Descriere Old House Eco Handbook - Roger Hunt

How should we go about making old houses energy efficient without devaluing future sustainability or the appeal and character of old homes by the use of inappropriate solutions? \n \n This practical and essential guide to retrofitting for energy efficiency seeks to provide answers to this and other the questions homeowners of old houses are asking. Whether your house is medieval and timber-framed or a Georgian, Victorian or Edwardian terrace, it can be made more energy efficient and sustainable, and this practical and comprehensive handbook will show you how. \n \n Revised and updated throughout, and with a foreword by Kevin McLoud, Old House Eco Handbook includes chapters on the building envelope; roofs and ceilings; windows and doors; walls; floors; paints; energy, airandwater; plus a brand newchapter on retrofit materials. \n \n In association with The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, this is a must have for owners of old houses looking to make their homes more energy efficient and sustainable. \n \n Chapters Include: \n 1. Old houses can be green \n 2. Old house to eco house \n 3. The building envelope \n 4. Retrofit materials \n 5. Roofs and ceilings \n 6. Windows and doors \n 7. Walls \n 8. Floors \n 9. Paints \n 10. Energy, air and water \n 11. Old house for the future \n

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White Lion Publishing

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ENSTK

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9780711239777

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1

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