A non-destructive method for fixing placards with masonry structures

Abstract It is common practice for government agencies to fix signs – and indeed even official temporary notices onto masonry structures using steel nails. This method of fixing destructive; it causes irreversible damage the material fabric, which has a bearing on overall aesthetic building, scenario more acute if site cultural heritage significance. Stones concrete blocks (locally referred as bricks), latter introduced in 1950s, are main materials used construction Malta. Clay bricks not utilized, Malta there blanket prohibition extraction local clay. The building since time immemorial Lower Globigerina Limestone. article puts forward case non-destructive, reversable respects integrity dimension stones. Instead being hammered into blocks, proposed removable plugs installed mortar. Their size relative thickness mortar bed load they designed carry, negligible importance lightweight placards. solution applies equally other structures, whether erected or randomly placed stones, clay bricks, long question uses joints between units.