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Abstract
The decline of the country house as a fully-occupied family home can expose structure and contents to the high humidity and variations of the British climate. Sufficient experience has now been gained to show how damage and deterioration can be significantly reduced by understanding the effects of relative humidity (RH) control and stabilization, together with the use of carefully controlled conservation heating and minimal intrusion into the building.
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Peter Lawson-Smith
Peter Lawson-Smith OBE, DipTech(Eng), CEng, FIEE, FCIBSE, FIExE, ACT(Birm), MConsE
Peter Lawson-Smith is founder and chairman of a consulting practice in Witney, Oxfordshire, specializing in the sensitive installation of electrical and mechanical engineering services in buildings. A board member and past chairman of the National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting, he was also founder chairman of National Quality Assurance.