{"id":16527,"date":"2017-08-29T16:47:33","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T15:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=16527"},"modified":"2017-08-29T17:33:41","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T16:33:41","slug":"ihbc-on-fire-and-thatch-new-guidance-note-out-on-ihbcs-toolbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=16527","title":{"rendered":"IHBC on \u2018Fire\u2019 and \u2018Thatch\u2019: New \u2018Guidance Note\u2019 out on IHBC\u2019s ToolBox\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Toolbox-Homepage-image-e1469031601264.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10592\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Toolbox-Homepage-image-300x227.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a>The IHBC has launched a new Guidance Note (<em>GN2017\/5<\/em><em>)<\/em> on<em> \u2018<\/em>Thatching, chimney stacks and fire\u2019, exploring a single issue that brings together the most fundamental considerations in conservation practice: material, construction, design and risk.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>IHBC\u2019s Research Consultant Bob Kindred, lead author on the IHBC\u2019s ToolBox Notes, said: \u2018This interim Note deals with a quite challenging issue of the potential conflicts of special interest of short chimney stacks versus best practice regarding taller stacks for the purpose of fire safety. In this instance there seemed to be obvious compromise position stemming from the Planning Appeal that addressed the issue.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Institute understands that advice from Historic England on fire risk and thatch is to be published in the near future.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>IHBC Director Se\u00e1n O\u2019Reilly said: \u2018IHBC Guidance\u00a0Notes are produced as part of an integrated resource offering online support for conservation practitioners, the <a href=\"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/toolbox\/index.html\">IHBC\u2019s \u2018Toolbox\u2019<\/a>.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Our Toolbox has been developed to help inform, advise and guide anyone with specialist interests in built and historic environment conservation.\u00a0 Already it offers a wide range of basic resources \u2013 the \u2018tools\u2019 in the toolbox \u2013 from primary research and guidance produced by or on behalf of the IHBC, to technical, academic and practice advice and standards supported or endorsed by the institute.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018This Guidance Note on \u2018Thatch\u2019 addresses some of the most fundamental considerations in conservation practice &#8211; material, construction, design and risk.\u00a0 By addressing such known knowledge gaps in policy and practice, our ToolBox continues to fulfil the role for which it was conceived and designed\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Toolbox_icon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11125\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Toolbox_icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"63\" height=\"58\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See more Guidance Notes in the <a href=\"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/toolbox\/guidance_notes\/index.html\">Toolbox<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See all the <a href=\"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/toolbox\/index.html\">ToolBox resources<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/toolbox\/guidance_notes\/thatch.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guidance Note<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IHBC has launched a new Guidance Note (GN2017\/5) on \u2018Thatching, chimney stacks and fire\u2019, exploring a single issue that brings together the most fundamental considerations in conservation practice: material, construction, design and risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16527"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16529,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16527\/revisions\/16529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}