Maintenance
Series
See also the Technical Advisory
Group's page for technical notes on a range of
issues including growths on historic masonry, cracking
of buildings, terracotta roof tiles and marble
headstones.
Maintenance Series 1.1: Preparing
a Maintenance Plan
- Heritage Office 1998, online edition 2004
- Price: Free
- Description: how to plan for regular maintenance
and prevent expensive emergency repairs
Download
PDF document [202 KB]
Maintenance Series 1.1: Inspection
Schedule
- Heritage Office 1998, online edition 2008
- Price: Free
- Description: inspection schedule for maintenance
and repairs
- Download
PDF document [327 KB]
Maintenance Series 1.2:
Documenting Maintenance and Repair
- Heritage Office 1998, online edition 2004
- Price: Free
- Description: what to document when maintaining
buildings and how to do it
- Download
PDF document [191 KB]
Maintenance Series 1.3: Temporary
Access
- Heritage Office 1998, online edition 2004
- Price: Free
- Description: advice on scaffolding and other
access methods
- Download
PDF document [213 KB]
Maintenance Series 2.1: Rising
Damp
- Heritage Office 1998, online edition 2004
- Price: Free
- Description: the control and treatment of rising
damp, a major cause of decay in heritage buildings
- Download
PDF document [101 KB]
Also see Salt Attack and rising damp: A
guide to salt damp in historic and older
buildings for further information in
greater depth on the same topic.
Maintenance Series 2.3: The Need
for Old Stone Buildings to Breathe
- Originally published by SPAB, UK 1986, Australian
edition Heritage Office 1998, 2004
- Price: Free
- Available in hard copy only
- Download order form
Maintenance Series 3.1:
Metalwork
- Heritage Office 1998, online edition 2004
- Price: Free
- Description: the care and conservation of metals,
including cast iron, steel-framed windows and roof
plumbing
- Download
PDF document [182 KB]
Maintenance Series 4.1: Corrugated
Roofing
- Heritage Office 1998, online edition 2004
- Price: Free
- Description: advice on corrugated iron and steel,
widely used for roof sheeting
- Download
PDF document [227 KB]
Maintenance Series 4.2: Slating,
Tiling and Roof Plumbing
- Heritage Office 1998, online edition 2004
- Price: Free
- Description: how to keep the roof watertight
- Download
PDF document [207 KB]
Maintenance Series 5.1: Wood
Preservation
- Heritage Office 1998, online edition 2004
- Price: Free
- Description: wood as a building material and how
to prevent deterioration from fire, fungal rot, borers
and termites
- Download
PDF document [290 KB]
Maintenance Series 5.2: Timber
Repairs
- Heritage Office 1998, online edition 2004
- Price: Free
- Description: techniques for repairing timber in
heritage buildings
- Download
PDF document [187 KB]
Maintenance Series 5.3: Patching
Old Floorboards
- Originally published by SPAB, UK 1988, Australian
edition Heritage Office 1998, 2004
- Price: Free
- Available in hard copy only
- Download order form
Maintenance Series 5.4: Repair of
Tongue and Groove Floorboards
- Online publication 2005
- Price: Free
- Description: techniques for repairing tongue and
groove floorboards that retain original boards
- Download
PDF document [152 KB]
Maintenance Series 6.2: Removing
Paint from Old Buildings
- Originally published by SPAB, UK 1986, Australian
edition, Heritage Office 1998, 2004
- Price: Free
- Available in hard copy only
- Download order form
Maintenance Series 7.1: Plaster
Finishes
- Heritage Office 1998, online edition 2004
- Price: Free
- Description: how traditional plasters were made
and used and how to maintain them in traditional
masonry buildings
- Update: Plaster Finishes has been
temporarily removed for review and minor
corrections
Maintenance Series 7.2: Paint
Finishes
- Heritage Office 1998, online edition 2004
- Price: Free
- Description: researching and uncovering authentic
paint schemes and how to conserve them
- Download
PDF document [214 KB]
Maintenance Series 7.3: Basic
Limewash
- Originally published by SPAB, UK 1985, Australian
edition Heritage Office 1998, 2004
- Price: Free
- Description: recipe for making basic limewash, one
of the most common heritage building components
- Available in hard copy only
- Download order form
Maintenance Series 8.1: Fire and
Heritage
- Heritage Office 1995, online edition 2004
- Price: Free
- Description: fire safety solutions that do not
require major changes to historic fabric
- Download
PDF document [826 KB]
Maintenance Series 9.1: Heritage
Gardens and Grounds
- Heritage Office 1998
- Price: Free
- Description: Maintenance of heritage gardens and
grounds
- Download
PDF document [294 KB]
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page
Managing risk with heritage
trees
- Heritage Office, 2010
- Price: Free
- Description: Managing risk with heritage trees
- Download
PDF document [753 KB]
Minimum
Standards of Maintenance and Repair
- Heritage Office, 1999
- Price: Free
- Description: Minimum standards for places listed
on the State Heritage Register
- Download
PDF document [123 KB]
Model
Heritage Provisions for Local Environmental Plans
Movable
Heritage Principles
- Heritage Office and NSW Ministry for the Arts,
2000
- Price: Free
- Description: basic principles for managing
heritage items
- Download
PDF document [131 KB]
Publications A - C
Search the Conservation Products and
Services Directory
State
Heritage Register Nomination Form
Historical Regions of NSW (Appendix A) 
Map:
Western, North-West, North-East, Southern and Eastern
(Appendix E) 
Map:Parent Operational Bases - with Brisbane Line
(Appendix H) 
Map:
Parent Training Bases - with Brisbane Line (Appendix
J) 
Map:
Parent Maintenance Bases - with Brisbane Line
(Appendix H)