Heritage Restoration Methods

Classroom and Lab work, Project based

The focus is on how to perform repairs to traditional casing, windows, doors or other building elements. Through learning about restoration and repair techniques  for buildings and building elements and exploring a variety of building deficiencies typically seen in historical buildings and investigating their repair strategies  students become exposed to traditional and contemporary solutions to a variety of problems. Conservation standards are explored while performing hands-on restoration techniques. 

Pre-requisite: Good to Excellent Carpentry Skills, an appreciation of Heritage Carpentry 
 

Heritage Restoration Methods- This course will help identify and define some of the different conservation approaches commonly used in the industry, identify some of the common hazard and promising older buildings, including health, safety, and environmental concerns  through hand-on work be able to practice how to perform repairs to building elements. Knowing where to find the technical publications relevant to the conservation of the build environment will help students continue after the course with their own ongoing learning.