Good day all
Things are moving forward slowly , material and especially labour prices have increased massively locally so much more needs to be done by myself to keep the budget on track. Downside is it all goes much slower.
Having bought a copy of the suggested book on timber frame work , I decided it was a bit beyond me and eventually found a company who said they could do it. All to be done on a not inconsiderable day rate. I decided to go with them and accepted their price and asked for a second site visit to confirm what was going to be done, scaffolding requirements etc. Never even had the courtesy of a reply.
Tried to find another contractor but no one even vaguely local was interested , other than very specialised heritage companies whose costs were off the chart.
So decided i’d have a go myself on basis of replacing the minimum required and repairing to save the roof until such time as a future owner wanted to do a full reconstruction.
Its been interesting, there was no way the purlin could have been replaced without substantially removing the roof and dismantling the frame ( no mention of this from the specialists) the joint between the purlins on top of the post was an interlocking design with a tenon from the post through it.
This was also pretty rotten as a result of leaks left unrepaired by the last owner of 60 years.
Fascinating trying to work out how things had been repaired and adapted over the years, some clearly predating the 1907 addition of the oast.
The wall plate on this section had been replaced at some point and the old purlin showed that the original rafters had been held in place with wooden pegs. Wether these changeswere part of previous repairs or adaptions i’ll never know.
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The old rotten rafters have been splice repaired , some are’nt very pretty but it has returned some strength to the roof. Window is in and some retiling is taking place. Again the buildings history shines through 4 different tiles in the mix, traces of wooden peg, cast iron nails, lime and cement torching , old iron peg nails and the galvanised nails used as pegs last time it was done.First time i’ve worked with kent pegs and the mix is making getting some semblance of neatness trying. But explains the appearance of roof in areas i’m not touching.
Currently progressing towards the projection, which in itself was added when the oast was added.
Certainly a learning curve.