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Repair Woodworm and Rot Damage Timber Frames, Door & Window Frames
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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
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| How to repair frames | |
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Holes - fill with Mouldable Epoxy Putty Splits - inject Thixotropic Epoxy Resin Legs and Feet - fit a Timber-Resin Splice - made to measure - INSTANT ESTIMATE - 01626 331351 Compression - high tensile rebar in Structural Epoxy Pouring Resin Decorative - fill with Mouldable Epoxy Putty
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Woodworm, Death Watch Beetle and Wet Rot Frame Damage - Stretton Sugwas Church |
| Example - repairing historic black and white timbered house | |
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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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Wall plate, damaged by Death Watch Beetle, Woodworm and Wet Rot during repair, Stratford on Avon |
| How to repair posts | |
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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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Woodworm damaged Stair legs ready for re-connection to handrails |
| Example - repairing a church clock tower, oak posts | |
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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.
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Woodworm, Death Watch Beetle and Wet Rot in Church Bell Tower frame legs awaiting repair and Boron Treatment
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| How to repair sills | |
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1. Cut out the decayed timber 2. Holes - fill with Mouldable Epoxy Putty 3. Splits - inject Thixotropic Epoxy Boron Drilling Pattern for Window Cills and Frames
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| Example - Boron Rod dispersion of diffused Borate in Curcumin stain | |
| 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.
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Treating Timber - Curcumin test showing Boron penetration in a post |
| How to repair mouldings | |
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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 Mouldable Epoxy Putty 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.
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Mouldable Epoxy Mortar repair, prior to staining
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| Example - church bell tower ring beam damaged by Death watch Beetle | |
| Christow Church Bell Tower - the main ring beam in the bell tower was badly eaten out by Death Watch Beetle, Wet Rot and Common Furniture Beetle. It supports the first level platform, below the bells. This was repaired using oak boards, as permanent 'shutters' and Structural Epoxy Pouring resin. Another 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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Bell Tower Ring Beam destroyed by Woodworm, Death-watch Beetle and Wet Rot - Christow Church - bell tower repairs |
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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 Resin 4. Remove or finish the facia boards to match the existing finishes.
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The Log House - digging out the wet rot and insect damaged timber |
| Example - showing the completed job, decorated. | |
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 Resin behind to form new, composite beam. This is hugely strong and impervious to moisture.
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