Publications

Inform Guide: Indent Repairs To Sandstone Ashlar Masonry

This INFORM guide provides an introduction to replacing damaged stones in an ashlar built sandstone wall.

Inform Guide: Maintaining Sash and Case Windows

This INFORM guide provides a basic introduction to the maintenance and repair of traditional sash and case windows.

Inform Guide: Restoration Mortars for Masonry Repairs

This INFORM guide provides information on the use of proprietary restoration mortars for repair of stone masonry.

Inform Guide: Care and Maintenance of Corrugated Iron

This INFORM guide provides some historical background to the use of corrugated iron and outlines the various issues relating to the conservation, repair and maintenance of the material.

Inform Guide: Clay Mortars for Masonry Buildings

This guide, "Clay Mortars for Masonry Buildings", explains how clay and clay-rich earth have traditionally been used in Scotland to make mortars for masonry wall construction and surface finishing.

Inform Guide: Bird Control in Historic Buildings

This INFORM guide document examines measures that can be taken to minimise the threat birds pose to our built heritage environment and the ways in which they can be controlled.

Inform Guide: Bituminous Sheet Flat Roofs

This INFORM guide first gives a description of the structure of a flat roof. The signs of common problems are then listed before looking at ways to repair roofs and eradicate such problems.

Inform Guide: Cleaning Sandstone - Risks and Consequences

An INFORM guide to the risks and consequences of cleaning sandstone masonry.

Inform Guide: Pantiles - Maintaining a Pantiled Roof

This INFORM guide gives a brief description of pantiles in Scotland, along with common problems, repair and maintenance issues.

Inform Guide: Repairing Scottish Slate Roofs

This INFORM guide gives an introduction to Scottish slate roofs, their components, and their maintenance and repair.

Places: Glenrothes Town Art

A short guide to the distinctive sculptures of Glenrothes, Fife.

Scottish Iron Structures

Guide for Practitioners 5

An overview of the production and use of Scottish cast iron, along with guidance on appraisal and conservation.