Timber repairs for an historic village church
January 19, 2010The church of St Mary Magdalene has stood at the heart of the village of Geddington near Kettering for over 1000 years. Over time the building has stood firm against all the British weather can throw at it but when a problem was discovered with timber decay in the oak beams in the roof Timberwise were on hand to help.
Upon inspection of the timbers there were 3 damaged beams that were showing signs of wet rot decay at the bearing ends as a result of a leaking parapet gutter. Timberwise were asked to provide a specification to repair the damaged timbers invisibly. As experts in timber repair we had the perfect timber repair solution for this problem!
Our timber repair specification involved the cutting back of the rotton ends of the timber. At the sound end of the timber beam steel reinforcement bars were to be installed into the timber. A “shutter” then needed to be formed and a new solid resin end put in place. The pictures below show how this method of timber repair was done as well as demonstrating how it was done with minimum disruption to the very old and complex roof structure.
Timberwise have many years experience in the treating of damaged timbers and using timber resin repairs on rotted wood. For more information on our expertise in timber engineering visit our timber engineering pages or call 0800 288 8660.
