Interior Department revises its pre...

Interior Department revises its preservation brief for repointing historic buildings

For the first time since 1980 the U Department of Interior has revised Preservation Brief 2: Repointing Mortar Joints in Historic Masonry Buildings. Written by dint of Robert C. Mack and John P Speweik, the brief's free course has been expanded to include materials set up in buildings constructed in the first half of the 20th hundred years

The 16-page booklet provides photos, drawings and detailed theme on a number of areas, including mortar matching; properties and analysis; touchstone panel preparation; joint ...