Stronghold Preservation tendered to carry out specialist joinery works to a decayed timber truss in the Old Co-operative Building, Greenore, Co. Louth, which needed repaired. The lower chord of the truss was suffering from wet rot, and needed replaced. Stronghold Preservation achieved this by splicing and bonding a new portion of timber onto the existing truss.
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Truss Repair - Timber Resin Splice
Firstly, Stronghold Preservation removed the rotten portion of
timber and a new portion of reclaimed pitch pine was cut to
suit. Horizontal slots were formed in the existing and new
timbers. Steel bars were inserted into the slots and bonded to the
timbers using a resin adhesive.
This formed a seamless and barely noticeable joint between the new
and existing timbers. This work was all carried out with the
truss insitu.