Preserving historical buildings is a necessity. Not only since such buildings tells us a lot about our heritage but also forms tourist attractions. But unfortunately, most historical buildings do not receive the maintenance that it should and hence in the process after a while either the building is completely destroyed or restoration is required to save whatever is left of the building. Sometimes even restoration cannot save a historical building from turning into ruins and this is caused by bad restoration processes taken up by amateur companies that have no expertise in restoring a historical building.
There are essentially two ways in which a historical building can be restored. The first way is through replacement and restructuring, while the second way is through cleaning and restoring. Bothe the processes have their own advantages as well as disadvantages. Replacement and restructuring process is the relatively costlier way for restoring a historical building and also takes away the originality of the building. The reason is simple; the materials actually used in the building would of course be different than the modern materials that would be used for restructuring. But sometimes, replacement and restructuring is the only way to preserve a historical building.
The other process i.e. the cleaning and restoration is the more popular, cost effective and the generally used one. It is nevertheless a difficult process to carry out and should only be handled by expert professionals. Given below are a few points that should be kept in mind while opting for a historical restorations procedure of a building through the cleaning and restoration process:
- Harmless – the chemicals to be used for the restorations of a historical building should be well tested such that it does not cause damage in the long run. Not only should the building that is being restored be damage free but it should also be considered that the chemicals should not cause environmental damage in general.
- Effective – the cleaning and restoration process should be effectively able to clean as well as restore the building from every nook to corner. Getting the historical building restored only externally such that it looks good would not help since in the long run the internal damages would start showing.
- Clean – the process should not leave any marks after the completion or should not make a mess while it is going on since in that case the area around the historical building would be damaged too.
The most popular method for cleaning and restoring that is used by governments as well as common people all over the world to restore historical buildings is the dry ice blast method. But the most important factor of all is possibly the fact that the company you choose to hire for carrying out the cleaning and restoring process is of the essence. If the company is expert in handling historical building restoration process, everything else would be taken care of without any hassle. Hence your task is just to find a good company.