Twenty years of real interventions: stories, photos, numbers

Selected gallery of real technical cases organised by category:

• Historic trusses (churches, Renaissance villas): in-situ anoxia + epoxy consolidation.
• Premium furniture (commodes, desks, marquetry libraries): modular chamber anoxia at our lab.
• Premium agritourism and B&Bs: multiple combined treatments (microwave + endotherapy + final protection).
• Antique wooden floors: injection + surface impregnation treatments.
• Emergency cases: acute Hylotrupes infestations with ongoing structural failure.

Every case is told with: pre-intervention photos, entomological diagnosis, applied method, post-treatment photos, 12 and 24-month verification.

All documented cases are treated with methodologies compliant with:

• UNI EN 16648:2015 (anoxia).
• UNI 11161:2018 (ancient wood).
• UNI EN 1995-1-1 (structural calculations).
• EU Reg. 528/2012 (biocides).

Data published in GDPR compliance: locations and clients anonymised when no explicit mention authorisation.

Anyone evaluating an intervention who wants to understand:
• Real timing of remediation.
• Average cost of treatment similar to theirs.
• Tangible result at 12 and 24 months.
• Infestation type that actually hit buildings similar to theirs (area, construction era, materials).

Architects and designers in preliminary study phase: the gallery provides technical benchmarks for quotes and dialogue with Superintendencies.

Every published case goes through:

1) Client written consent for publication (with or without name mention).
2) Internal technical verification: the case is significant only if it adds information (new species, innovative method, out-of-standard size).
3) GDPR anonymisation where there's no full consent.
4) Professional photos taken in successive phases (T0, treatment end, +12 months, +24 months).
5) Validation by Dr. Marco Tarducci (technical manager) before publication.

Commercial tool: this gallery is also a commercial transparency tool — we prefer to show what we did rather than promise results.

Publications by Dr. Marco Tarducci (Hygiene Care technical manager):

[1] M. Tarducci, M. Rizzi, I. Tosini, «Wood conservation: care and prevention against wood-boring insect attacks. New permethrin-based formulation — Sintrade PU», OPD Restauro — Opificio delle Pietre Dure and Restoration Laboratories of Florence, 2016, pp. 184-190.

[2] M. Tarducci, M. Rizzi, I. Tosini, «Application of Sintrade PU on HTC fabric», OPD Restauro — Opificio delle Pietre Dure and Restoration Laboratories of Florence, 2016, pp. 190-192.

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Reference bibliography — preventive conservation and cultural heritage:

[3] G. De Guichen, «Introduction to preventive conservation», in Preventive Conservation of Museum Collections — Proceedings of the Ferrara International Conference 1999, ed. C. Menegazzi & I. Silvestri, Kermes Quaderni, Florence, Nardini Editore, 2003, pp. 13-18.

[4] G. De Guichen, «Délfi à la profession», in Museum, vol. XXXIV, no. 1, 1982, pp. 4-5.

[5] G. Thomson, The Museum Environment, 2nd ed., Oxford, Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, 1994.

[6] E.P. Adcock, IFLA Principles for the Care and Handling of Library Material, with the assistance of M.T. Valamoff and V. Kremp, IFLA — Core Programme on Preservation and Conservation, Council on Library and Information Resources, 2015, pp. 1-71.

[7] L. Masetti-Bittelli, R. Vlaov, Photography: 1 — Conservation Techniques and Restoration Problems, Bologna, Edizioni Analisi, 1987.

[8] D. Matè, L. Rossi, M. Adamo, Art and Restoration. Photography: guidelines for conservation, Nardini Editore, pp. 1-72.

[9] MIBAC 2001, op. cit.

[10] D.S. Palazzi, D. Matè, Guidelines for the handling / moving of photographic documents, July 2014, pp. 1-10.

[11] G. Arruzzolo, G. Marinucci, D. Matè, E. Veca, Exhibiting while conserving: guidelines for temporary exhibition events.