Reconstruction of timbered buildings

The second, revised and expanded edition of Reconstruction of Timbered Buildings is a practical guide that takes the reader through the pitfalls of repair and shows them the options for a safe route to the finish line. This is a quality and flawlessly repaired, beautiful historic timbered house. The book is also an inspiration for specialist construction firms or designers looking for lessons in historical building practices and techniques. They will find instructions for repairing timber-framed buildings, from the initial thinking, through the preparation of the building, to the solution of very specific practical problems. It will allow the builder to view the craftsmen „ under the hands“, the skilled cottage owner will find practical examples of building procedures, many of which he will then be able to implement himself.

The publication is extremely meritorious in its presentation of a sensitive approach to the repair of an important older component of our traditional village building stock. Its author is undoubtedly the only one who can collect, process and present at the appropriate level the material in the whole necessary breadth from the historical view of timbered structures to well selected and documented examples of repairs and modifications of these buildings.

prof. Ing. arch. Jiří Škabrada, CSc.