Carpenter Delight: Rotten Roof Framing Transom Renewal!

It's always rewarding to get a referral from a customer. In this case it is a next door neighbour, who had a leak in his loft. After getting the leak repaired by some roofers, he was concerned about some of his woodwork in the loft, which was suffering from wet rot. The roofers recommended that he hire a carpenter experienced in roof framing to resolve the issue.

This customer was anxious, to avoid disturbing the roofing repair that had recently been carried out. He was keen to avoid disturbing the woodwork at all. this inclined me to suggest laminating the timber in ply. After my visit I pondered the situation, and decided laminated ply would not be sufficient, and would be tricky to install with confidence.

I recalled my days working for my Father doing extensions and loft conversions, and decided to renew the timber. I satisfied my customer's fears by propping the old rafter up, in position. I removed the transom, which was compromised, and installed a new transom. I doubled up the rafter to be sure. The rafter and surrounding timbers had superficial wet rot which I treated and filled, using the Ronseal product range.

The roofing structure didn't move one millimeter, and my customer was well impressed. Another job done!

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