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When Is Building Restoration Needed?

Building restoration can mean different things. In the case of a historic building, restoration is performed to bring it to a known earlier state or aspect, being based on compelling evidence, such as old pics and descriptions. In this case, it has a rather preserving and rehabilitating purpose.

On the other hand, when it comes to regular buildings, restoration is typically performed to strengthen their structure and/ or reverse the damage caused by fire, flooding or other disasters.

There are four restoration levels that builders use on different types of buildings and for various purposes.

Preservation

Preserving a building doesn`t involve adding materials or making repairs, but only performing some maintenance work to prevent further deterioration and making the building or targeted parts of it (roof, siding etc.) last as long as possible.

Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation involves a bit more work than restoration, but it is still unobtrusive and performed as a preventative operation. It involves strengthening some elements which would otherwise allow deterioration.

 Restoration

Proper restoration includes the previous two levels and also adds structural improvements , recreating missing features like masonry restoration and siding etc.

Reconstruction

Reconstruction is the most complex operating and is needed when a building or parts of it must be recreated, sometimes in  a new style and with modern materials.