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For information on the following subjects, please follow the links.

Accessibility

   Easy Access to Historic Buildings - English Heritage

Code Issues

The Nova Scotia Building Code Act Regulations provide for Alternate Compliance in registered Heritage Buildings. Here are the options:

  Alternate Compliance Nova Scotia Building Code Regulations

Historic materials were not designed to meet current code requirements, but the fire resistance of some historic material and of rehabilitated structures have been discovered through testing. This US document gives detailed technical information, it is one of the authorities in the Alternate Compliance option of the Building Code Act.

HUD Fire Archaic Assemblies

Fire Safety and Risk Management

  Fire Supression in Historic Buildings

  Fire Safety Retrofitting - GSA - US

Masonry and Plaster

  Guide to the Use of Lime in Historic Buildings - South Somerset District Council

  Repointing Mortars for Older Masonry - NRC

  Repointing Mortars for Older Masonry - Site Considerations - NRC

 

WIndows

  What Replacement Windows Can't Replace - Sedovic and Gotthelf

 

 

 

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