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Rivers Joinery
The repair
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.
Taking out an old post from the Old Postern
Hara-kiri on this cruck foot. The suspected dry rot is exposed. No problem; it's source of water has been removed and the socket is now dry. Contrary to common belief, dry rot needs a water source to grow. The pillow/corbel/cruck plate was a bit bent!
