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Rotting timber in roof

  • 09-12-2019 8:13pm
    #1
    s7ryf3925pivug
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    One of the pieces of timber in my garage roof is rotting.

    I don't know the name for the part. It runs along the top of the beams, perpendicular to them and in the middle of them.

    The rot is where there was a leak that was fixed during the summer. Didn't notice any rot then. It is not wet now but crumbling where it has rotted.

    It looks like I can just cut out the rotted wood and bracket on new pieces?

    How careful do I need to be with the crumbling pieces and any sawdust? Is it easy to spread rot if they are not cleaned up well enough?


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  • #2
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    Is it possible to stand back, take another picture, and give some context ?


  • #3
    s7ryf3925pivug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,007 ✭✭✭s7ryf3925pivug


    BryanF wrote: »
    Is it possible to stand back, take another picture, and give some context ?
    Ok I'll put up more pics tomorrow. It's a very low ceiling so I'll be a little restricted.

    Bit concerned reading about dry rot. Want to make sure the cobwebs up there are in fact cobwebs and not its mycelium.


  • #4
    s7ryf3925pivug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,007 ✭✭✭s7ryf3925pivug


    Here are some pics that are about a month old, which might help.

    The rot is just beyond the hatch in the pic with the ladder visible. It is in the piece of wood to the right of the hatch. That pic has uploaded upside down for some reason. The other is the other side but shows where it connects with the wall.


  • #5
    bfclancy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 181 ✭✭bfclancy


    Cut it out put new piece in and move on


  • #6
    s7ryf3925pivug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,007 ✭✭✭s7ryf3925pivug


    Went up but had left my phone charging so no new pics yet.
    The cobwebs are just dirty cobwebs, not mycelium.
    I poked other bits of timber. Everything seemed sound except the but I'd already identified. There was some pieces at the ridge that looked like they need closer inspection. However I cant reach them until I put in a platform because I can only get around up there by sliding on my stomach. But I poked them with an extendable loppers and they seemed ok.


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  • #7
    sydthebeat
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    looks like a runner, so just put a new one beside it first, then remove the rotten one.


  • #8
    s7ryf3925pivug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,007 ✭✭✭s7ryf3925pivug


    So my plan is:
    screw new wood into the beams and use L-shaped brackets at the ends to connect to sound parts of existing one.
    Cut the existing one out with a jigsaw and pull it out. Vacuum up the crap.

    - sound ok?

    Is it worth treating the wood with something in the area?


  • #9
    sydthebeat
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    Kaylie Shrilling Stud wrote: »
    So my plan is:
    screw new wood into the beams and use L-shaped brackets at the ends to connect to sound parts of existing one.
    Cut the existing one out with a jigsaw and pull it out. Vacuum up the crap.

    - sound ok?

    Is it worth treating the wood with something in the area?

    i wouldnt even bother with the brackets.

    can you just put full length of the new timber piece right beside old one... and then just remove the rotted section of the old one?


  • #10
    SC024
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 586 ✭✭✭SC024


    Kaylie Shrilling Stud wrote: »
    So my plan is:
    screw new wood into the beams and use L-shaped brackets at the ends to connect to sound parts of existing one.
    Cut the existing one out with a jigsaw and pull it out. Vacuum up the crap.

    - sound ok?

    Is it worth treating the wood with something in the area?

    1. screw new one beside it
    2. ramove rotted section.
    3.treat the joists/timber around where the rot was with clear protim. no odor version more to be safe than anything.


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