Woodworm and Rot Damage Timber Frames
Door & Window Frames
 
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Types of repair

Door Frames - holes, splits, loss of sections, rotted feet

Window Frames - holes, splits, loss of sections, joint failure

Timber Frames - holes, splits, loss of sections, joint failure, bond failure, wall plate compression

Decorative - surface damage, loss of moulded shapes



How to repair frames

Holes - fill with Moulding Mortar

Splits - inject Thixotropic Epoxy

Legs and Feet - fit a Timber-Resin Splice - made to measure - INSTANT ESTIMATE - 01626 331351

Compression - high tensile rebar in Structural Epoxy Grout

Decorative - fill with Moulding Mortar

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Frame Damage - Stretton Sugwas Church

Timber Frame Rot
Example

Stratford on Avon, Timber Frame Wall Sole Plate - eaten away by a combination of Wet Rot and Death Watch Beetle. Replaced in situ, without disturbing the walls, by installing new, treated oak facing boards, with Structural Epoxy Pouring Grout behind to form new, composite beam. This is hugely strong and impervious to moisture.

Wall plate during repair, Stratford on Avon

Wall Plate Rot


How to repair posts

1. Cut out the decayed timber

2. Fit a made to measure 'Timber-Resin Splice' unit.

3. Treat the parent timber with Boron Ultra Paste - £15.50/400cc, surface treat with Boron Ultra Gel.. Add Boron Ultra Rods of solid preservative for timbers likely to remain damp or subject to seasonal wetting (e.g. window frames, door posts, garden posts, wall plates)

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Stair legs ready for re-connection to handrails

Stair Leg Repairs
Example

Swansea Church Clock Tower - the legs, made of Oak, had been eaten away by Wet Rot and Death Watch Beetle. New leg posts were manufactured, in seasoned Oak and fitted with Epoxy Coated High Tensile Steel Rebar to form TYPE D Timber-Resin Splice units. The parent timber was then slotted in-situ and the TRS units fitted, the resin being placed by injection through matching, permanent Oak 'shutters'. Boron Ultra 78 Paste and Boron Ultra Rods were then placed into pre-drilled holes in the parent legs, to prevent future decay.

Church Bell Tower frame legs awaiting repair and Boron Treatment

Church Tower Repairs in Oak


How to repair sills

1. Cut out the decayed timber

2. Holes - fill with Moulding Mortar

3. Splits - inject Thixotropic Epoxy

Boron Drilling Pattern for Window Cills and Frames

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Boron Paste & Rods in Window Frames and Cills
Example

School Buildings - hundreds have been rescued from the fate of uPVC window frames by repair and treatment with injected Boron Paste and Boron Rods. This process has been Agrement Certificated.

Curcumin test showing Boron penetration in a post

Boron Rod Test - Curcumin


How to repair mouldings

1. Cut out the decay

2. If a large, complex shape, form a frame using Epoxy Glass Bars (5mm diameter £3.00/metre) or Spirotie and bond them into the gap using fast setting Polyester Paste.

3. Place Moulding Mortar into the void and hand form. When nearly set carve to shape with a wet pallette knife. When fully hardened sand to open up the grain and stain or paint to match.

Moulding Mortar repair prior to staining

Moulding Mortar Repair
Example

Doddiscombeleigh Church Barrel Vault Ceiling - one of the moulded arches was badly eaten out by Death Watch Beetle. The mid span area was missing. Flexible Epoxy Glass rods were used to form a new frame for the shape and Moulding Mortar was hand placed and carved to form the complex shape. The final surfaces were sanded and stained to match the original timber.

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Christow Church - bell tower repairs

Church Tower Repairs - Ring Beam


How to repair wall plates

1. Cut out the decay in small sections, providing support, if necessary, as advised by a Structural Engineer.

2. Box the void with treated timber (if they are to remain as permanent shutters) or double waxed temporary boards (if they are to be removed) and seal all gaps with fast setting Polyester Paste

3. Fill the boxed voids with Structural Epoxy Pouring Grout

4. Remove or finish the facia boards to match the existing finishes.

The Log House - digging out the rot

Log House Repair
Example

Stratford on Avon, Timber Frame Wall Sole Plate - eaten away by a combination of Wet Rot and Death Watch Beetle. Replaced in situ, without disturbing the walls, by installing new, treated oak facing boards, with Structural Epoxy Pouring Grout behind to form new, composite beam. This is hugely strong and impervious to moisture.

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Timber Frame Wall Plate after repairs

 

WOOD PRESERVATIVE AND BIOCIDE SAFETY

Use wood preservatives and biocides safely. Always read the label and product information Data Sheet before use.

Wear the correct safety equipment and keep unprotected people and animals out of the treated area for the statutory period given on the label.

All products have some hazards and the COSHH Regulations (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health) apply to ALL building repair and construction products that we sell, even Cement.

If in doubt consult us for free technical help. Take care not to contaminate soil, waterways or the environment with the product or the waste and packaging.

Timber Frame Repair

Property Repair Systems
Unit 3, Olympus Business Park, Kingsteignton Road
Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 2SN
T: 01626 331351
F: 01626 331143
E: help@propertyrepairsystems.co.uk