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Useful Information
Events
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March 25–26
Jointing, Pointing and Re-pointing of Historic Brickwork
The historical development of jointing and pointing, and
considerations for successful re-pointing
Venue:
WDOAM
Contact:
WDOAM (see below)
March 25–28
Specifying ConservationWorks
This course covers the
specification of conservation works from inception to final
account and post-contract debrief and shows how to compile
clear, unambiguous specifications, accurately tailored to a
building’s needs
Venue:
West Dean College
Contact:
West Dean College (see below)
March 27
Repair of Timber-framed Buildings
Day school including a
lecture and a workshop session
Venue:
WDOAM
Contact:
WDOAM (see below)
April
April 5–6
The Use of Lime in Historic Buildings
A hands-on course based
in a former limeworks, including essential skills for specifying
mixes and applying mortars in the form of plastering, pointing
and limewashing
Venue:
Ironbridge Institute
Contact:
Ironbridge Institute (see below)
April 15
Schiften Day School: An Introduction to German Roof
Carpentry
One-day workshop focussing on the German
carpenters’craft of lining out a hipped roof
Venue:
WDOAM
Contact:
WDOAM (see below)
April 16
Making, Pigmenting and Applying Limewash
This half-
day course will cover all aspects of working with limewashes
including how to determine suitable finishes for a range of
background types
Venue:
Charlestown Workshops
Contact:
The Scottish Lime Centre (see below)
April 16
Recording Vernacular Buildings Day 1: Observing and
Sketching
Including improving the accuracy of rapid sketches,
the geometry of construction and using string lines
Venue:
WDOAM
Contact:
WDOAM (see below)
April 17
An Introduction to Dating Timber-framed Buildings
Dating timber-framed buildings based on stylistic evidence
Venue:
WDOAM
Contact:
WDOAM (see below)
April 18
Introduction to Leadwork for Specifiers and Installers
A foundation course for those with little or no experience of
working with lead, concentrating on design and specification
Venue:
WDOAM
Contact:
WDOAM (see below)
April 19
Grouting and Masonry Consolidation
This half-day course will
enable you to choose the right materials and prepare and apply
lime-based grouts in a range of contexts including flat ashlar
work, cornices, pinnacles and string courses – good tool skills are
required
Venue:
Charlestown Workshops
Contact:
The Scottish Lime Centre (see below)
April 19
Practical Leadwork
Follows on from ‘Introduction to Leadwork
for Specifiers and Installers’(April 18)
Venue:
WDOAM
Contact:
WDOAM (see below)
April 19–20
The Conservation and Repair of Stone
A background to
Britain’s building stones, their qualities and availability as well as
understanding causes and mechanisms of decay and a palette of
repair options
Venue:
Ironbridge Institute
Contact:
Ironbridge Institute (see below)
April 22–25
Conservation and Repair of Brick, Terracotta and Flint
Masonry
This course will provide an understanding of and basic
skills in the conservation and repair of traditional brick, terracotta
and flint masonry and includes guidance on how to assess the
condition of walls, prepare the repair schedule and specification,
and carry out high standard remedial work
Venue:
West Dean College
Contact:
West Dean College (see below)
April 22–26
Oak Timber Framing: Braces and Studs
Students will line out,
cut and fit the braces and studs of a traditional Sussex timber-
framed building
Venue:
WDOAM
Contact:
WDOAM (see below)
April 23
Recording Vernacular Buildings Day 2: Imposing a Grid
Including setting up a plan grid, setting up levels and recording a
structure
Venue:
WDOAM
Contact:
WDOAM (see below)
April 23–24
Rendering with Lime
This practical course will enable attendees
to apply a variety of lime render finishes to a wide range of
backgrounds including matching to existing finishes
Venue:
Charlestown Workshops
Contact:
The Scottish Lime Centre (see below)
April 27
Introduction to Traditional Harls and Renders
This
introductory course will give those who own or are responsible
for a traditional building an understanding of traditional external
finishes when considering the repair or reinstatement of harls
and renders
Venue:
Charlestown Workshops
Contact:
The Scottish Lime Centre (see below)
April 29–30
Tool Sharpening
Two-day course for students with little or no
previous tool-sharpening experience
Venue:
WDOAM
Contact:
WDOAM (see below)
April 30
Recording Vernacular Buildings Day 3: Studio Techniques
Basic equipment and materials, technical conventions, three-
dimensional visualisation and drawing for publication
Venue:
WDOAM
Contact:
WDOAM (see below)
30 April–2 May
The Natural Stone Show 2013
The event focuses exclusively on
natural stone and directly related products and services
Venue:
ExCel, London
Contact:
Tel 0115 945 3889
Email
May
May 1
The Vernacular House: Medieval Houses in Town and Country
This one-day course provides an introduction to 12th–15th
century dwellings from a wide social range, and considers
regional variation, design and construction
Venue:
WDOAM
Contact:
WDOAM (see below)
May 3–4
The Conservation of Structural Metals
This workshop looks
at the historical background of ferrous and non-ferrous metals,
their methods of production, causes of decay and appropriate
conservation techniques
Venue:
Ironbridge Institute
Contact:
Ironbridge Institute (see below)
May 7–10
Conservation and Repair of Masonry Ruins
This course
includes assessment of the structural and surface condition
of masonry walls, identification of traditional materials, fault
diagnosis, removal and control of organic growth, consolidation
and treatment, specification of mortars and grouts and the
preparation and placing of mortar
Venue:
West Dean College
Contact:
West Dean College (see below)
May 13–15
Introduction to Gauged Brickwork
Exploring the art of gauged
brickwork
Venue:
WDOAM
Contact:
WDOAM (see below)
May 13–16
ManagingWildlife on Historic Monuments
The course will
consider the flora and fauna of historic structures and their
surroundings, grasslands on archaeological sites and the use of
vegetation to protect ruined wall-tops
Venue:
West Dean College
Contact:
West Dean College (see below)
May 13–17
SPAB Spring Repair Course
Five-day programme of lectures by
leading building conservation professionals and visits to building
repair projects
Venue:
SPAB, 37 Spital Square, London
Contact:
Tel 020 7377 1644 Email
May 14
Wattle and Daub
Insights into the historic use of wattle and
daub, and its repair and conservation
Venue:
WDOAM
Contact:
WDOAM (see below)
May 15
The Vernacular House: Tudor and Jacobean
This one-day
course will show how people adapted from the Medieval to the
‘modern’way of life and how they used new materials such as
glazing, and features like fireplaces to indicate their status
Venue:
WDOAM
Contact:
WDOAM (see below)
May 16
English Brickwork: Tudor to Edwardian
The historical
development of bricks, mortars and their uses in Tudor, Jacobean,
Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian brickwork including causes of
failure and conservative repairs
Venue:
WDOAM
Contact:
WDOAM (see below)
May 17–18
The Conservation of 20th-century Buildings
Two days based in
Birmingham looking at innovations in 20th-century architecture
and materials with recent conservation project case studies
Venue:
Ironbridge Institute
Contact:
Ironbridge Institute (see below)
May 20–24
Oak Timber Framing: Rafters
Students will fabricate a gable and
a hip roof, lining out, cutting and fitting common, hip and jack
rafters
Venue:
WDOAM
Contact:
WDOAM (see below)
May 28–31
Conservation and Repair of Plasters and Renders
This course
covers the history, documentation, condition survey, repair options,
specifications, execution and quality control of remedial works to
lime, gypsum and cement-based internal and external wall plasters
and renders, with practical workshop exercises
Venue:
West Dean College
Contact:
West Dean College (see below)
31 May - 1 June
Ceramic Building Materials
Using Jackfield Tile Museum and
Blists Hill Victorian Town, this course will cover the background to
and repair of brick, terracotta, faience and tiles
Venue:
Ironbridge Institute
Contact:
Ironbridge Institute (see below)
June
June 3
Historic Roof Coverings
The care and repair of historic and
traditional roof coverings
Venue:
WDOAM
Contact:
WDOAM (see below)
June 4
The Vernacular House: Georgian
This one-day course looks at
the classical forms of Georgian architecture in town and country
and their tendency to suppress regional traditions and other
earlier styles
Venue:
WDOAM
Contact:
WDOAM (see below)
June 4
Limewash, Distemper and Linseed-based Paints
Learn how
these traditional finishes were mixed and applied, with expert
demonstrations and hands-on opportunities
Venue:
WDOAM
Contact:
WDOAM (see below)
