Repairing Roof Timbers

Roof arch repaired using timber resin splice these units are made to order supplied as a kit.

Repairing roof timbers.

Beetle infestation timber decay poorly executed alterations and undersized rafters are common problems. These tend to be eaten away by woodworm and the roof beams then move opening up the joints. How to repair roof trusses. This method can even be used for repairing flag poles.

Made to fit your beam. Slots in a roof repair beam filled with resin. Roof repair prop wet rotted roof timber. Resin repair with tie bars and injected resin can solve this problem.

Also the rafters that spanned the full width of the mono pitch shed were rotten at the lower end. These are compounded when a roof covering is replaced with a heavier material such as concrete tiles. Fragments of rotten timber and roof felt. It became apparent that about half of the pine boards forming the roof deck were damaged beyond repair.

The options for replacing roof joists are the repair of the beam with timber resin materials repairing using specialist repair plates or where extensive damage is present the removal and replacement of the entire joist and truss. Older roof timbers were connected with mortise and tenon joints plus wooden pegs. This type of roof repair includes replaced rotted purlins ridge beams rafters and trusses. The emphasis of the article is on repair and reinforcement options including the use of scarf repairs stainless steel flitch plates and the use of resins.

In most cases complete replacement of a timber will be impossible by traditional means without scaffolding or roof removal but a trs will allow the low disturbance and therefore cheaper repair of beams roof purlins tie beams lintels joists and rafters. The article concludes with a section outlining approaches to the problem of roof spread. Corbel conservation s robin russell provides an introduction to structural timber repairs in historic buildings.