Preservation Brief 4 Roofing For Historic Buildings

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 4 roofing for historic buildings.

This preservation brief was written by sarah m sweetser architectural historian technical preservation services division. 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. 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.

Copper and terne rolled roofs were very popular during that vintage terne more so because it was less expensive. Preservation brief aia continuing ed. With these points in mind it will be possible to preserve the architectural character and maintain the physical integrity of the roofing on a historic building. And information on both historic roofing and the application of modern material to historic buildings.

The author gratefully acknowledges the invaluable assistance of co worker michael auer in preparing this brief for publication. Preservation briefs provide guidance on preserving rehabilitating and restoring historic buildings. 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. Roofing for historic buildings nps preservation brief 19.

Nps preservation brief 2. Roofing for historic buildings discusses research methods analysis of deterioration and the general significance of historic roofs. Tin coated malleable iron was disappearing at the time. Roofing for historic buildings.

Concrete metal or plastic tiles are generally not appropriate substitutes for clay roofing tiles. Repointing mortar joints in historic masonry buildings nps preservation brief 4. In the 1860 s the options for metal roofs were copper lead tin coated iron and terne coated steel. Roofing for historic buildings.

Note 1 preservation brief 4. The repair and replacement of historic wooden shingle roofs nps preservation brief 29. Much of the technical information was based upon an unpublished report prepared under contract for this office by john g. Home how to preserve preservation briefs 32 accessibility preservation briefs some of the web versions of the preservation briefs differ somewhat from the printed versions.