Caring for Your Old House: A Guide for Owners and Residents

by Judith L. Kitchen

Book Overview

A Guide for Owners and Residents of Old Houses What are the best sources for researching the history of your home? How do you know if a particular old house is right for you? The original siding on... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0891331603
• ISBN13: 9780891331605
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Preservation Press
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great Book

A great read for devotees of This Old House, this book chronicles the story of their very first project. Old pics of Norm are especially fun.

Excellent for historic home owners

Finally a concise, easy to read text that any historical home owner should own and read. It is the bible of historical building maintenance! This text should be used by every historical society and historic preservation commission as a guide for recommending proper ways to treat and maintain historic building materials. It would be a wonderful text to suggest to an interested student, as well. Thanks Judith for putting something together that is so user-friendly!

Fascinating Information for lovers of old homes

I bought this as a gift for a friend. He shared it with me after reading it cover-to-cover. Great info for anyone concerned with historic preservation. Not quite the "handyman" book I had expected but nonetheless it proved to be some worthwhile reading.

A complete guide for Mantaining an older building

This book was required for an architectural conservation class which I am currently enrolled in. I have found it extremelly helpfull. Unfortunantly I bought this book at the bookstore for a lot more money. The author gets quite technical at times, however they give you quick insights that are at once complete and easy to read. This is definantly a very affordable guide for home owners, designers, and preservationists of all sorts.