The author offers practical advice on ways to make good use of buildings and a wealth of helpful information on foundations, roofs, walls, floors, woodworm, rot, damp, as well as restoration suggestions for chimneys, fireplaces, windows, and plasterwork.  Forty-nine photographs and forty-three architectural drawings show how any old house, no matter how dilapidated, can be made into a comfortable home for today.  Hardback in dustjcket.  208 pages.  Very good clean condition.  Cat No 3631