Maintenance on Heritage Buildings
“To do as much as necessary and as little as possible”
Links to NSW Heritage Office Web-Site that may be useful for background reading:
www.heritage.nsw.gov.au
How to plan for regular maintenance and prevent expensive emergency repairs: http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/docs/maintenance1-1_preparingplan.pdf
Advice on scaffolding and other access methods:
http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/docs/maintenance1-3_temporaryaccess.pdf
City of Sydney Hoarding Policy:
http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/Development/Documents/
PlansAndPolicies/Policies/ConstructionHoardingsPolicy.pdf
The control and treatment of rising damp, a major cause of decay in heritage buildings:
http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/docs/maintenance2-1_risingdamp.pdf
The care and conservation of metals, including cast iron, steel-framed windows and roof plumbing:
http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/docs/maintenance3-1_metalwork.pdf
Advice on corrugated iron and steel, widely used for roof sheeting:
http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/docs/maintenance4-1_corrugated.pdf
How to keep the roof watertight:
http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/docs/maintenance4-2_slating.pdf
Wood as a building material and how to prevent deterioration from fire, fungal rot, borers and termites:
http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/docs/maintenance5-1_woodpreservation.pdf
Techniques for repairing timber in heritage buildings:
http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/docs/maintenance5-2_timber.pdf
Techniques for repairing tongue and groove floorboards that retain original boards:
http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/docs/maintenance5-4_tongue&groove.pdf
Fire safety solutions that do not require major changes to historic fabric:
http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/docs/maintenance8-1_fire&heritage.pdf
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