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Inform Guide: Restoration Mortars for Masonry Repairs
This INFORM guide provides information on the use of proprietary restoration mortars for repair of stone masonry.
![Laser Stone Cleaning](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/2eb8194a-808e-48e6-9b88-a5ad010aa875/Res%20Laser%20Stonecleaning.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Laser Stone Cleaning
A report on the response of sandstone and granite to laser exposure.
![Literature Review - Mortars in Historic Buildings](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/861fc3df-a156-4408-90f6-a5c400f57f59/Mortars%20in%20Historic%20Buildings%20-%20Literature%20Review.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Literature Review - Mortars in Historic Buildings
A literature review focusing on published research regarding mortar materials.
![Saracen Foundry](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/e5c7606b-55bd-4951-bda5-a5bb01086f02/Tech%20Ref%20Series%20-%20%20vol%201%20Macfarlane's%20castings%20-%20Saracen%20Foundry%20Caver%20Image.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
MacFarlane's Castings, Volumes 1 & 2
Saracen Foundry, Glasgow
A volume celebrating the legacy of one of Scotland's most successful and internationally renowned industrial firms of the 1800s.
![Macduff Slate Research Report](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/fbac2f7a-8ef4-434a-b58f-a5ae00f487c7/Res%20Report%20Macduff.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Macduff Slate Research Report
Reports on the research into the viability of reinstating a supply of indigenous Scottish slate.
![Mantel Grates, The Falkirk Iron Company](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/dc47c7c2-8c20-4df1-ba39-a5c400f45a7f/Mantel%20Grates,%20the%20Falkirk%20Iron%20Company.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Mantel Grates, The Falkirk Iron Company
Illustrations and descriptions of mantel grates circa 1928.
![Modern Buildings their Planning and Construction](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/2dca5b22-b25e-4fbe-958c-a5c400bdce48/Modern%20Buildings%20Their%20Planning%20and%20Construction.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Modern Buildings their Planning and Construction
Volume V
A volume on methods and materials of building construction in the early 1900s.
![Modern House Construction](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/fdf6d5e1-41e7-4f1a-ad72-a5c400c0117f/Modern%20House%20Construction%20Div%202.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Modern House Construction
A book aiming to describe new construction materials and new uses of old materials.
![Research Report: The dendrochronology and art history of sample of 16th and 17th century painted ceilings](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/c0c0bc35-ccc9-42a5-b0bc-a73600c8539b/Dendro%20report%20March%202017.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Painted ceilings from 16th and 17th century properties
A technical paper commissioned in collaboration with AOC Archaeology providing information on a collection of painted ceilings from 16th and 17th century properties.