Having removed the rotten timber, it's time to use it as a template to make the new pieces.
Time is of the essence. This building houses a school, and it's easier to do the work when the children are not here i.e. at the weekend.
Transfer the shape of the cruck plate to the new section.
Inserting the new cruck foot.
Inserting the new plate.
A nice tight fit. Bolting through.
A historic chamfer repair had to be removed, before making the cuts to remove the rotten parts. This unfortunately fell into pieces.
So, carefully glued it back together.
Offering it up, so trimming can happen, to fit the new shorter cruck foot.
The boltholes plugged with aged oak, the historic chamfer repair re-fixed over the cruck foot repair, the new architrave and the new oak darkened with it's own juices etc. The first visit from Prides Plastering, to apply a dubbing out coat of lime to the adjacent masonry.
Nancy here, representing Ellis Services Group and Canberra Woodwork in Australia. Keeping that earlier chamfer repair rather than replacing it is the detail that caught my eye. For readers tackling smaller, non-structural repairs, a shallow padded tray beside the bench can help keep broken moulding fragments together while other work carries on. Numbering the compartments, rather than writing on fragile finished faces, gives each piece a place without adding marks to the timber. Did you assemble the chamfer fragments off the building first, or use the original position to check their alignment before gluing?
ReplyDeleteHi Nancy. I think it was really important to retain the chamfer repair. The chamfer fragments were assembled away from the building, but there was no question as to where each piece fitted; there was only one way for them to fit back together.
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