How To Repair Rotted Roof Beams

The rotten wood will come away easily.

How to repair rotted roof beams.

Cut through any nails at the points. On this project we chose the latter. Second depending on the amount of dry rot cutting back too far can lessen the structural capacity of load bearing roof beams. This repair technique did get some serious consideration and nearly won out.

Support all structural repairs. Support the weight above. Why not just cut off the ugly rotted roof beam ends. In fact many homeowners associations require maintaining the original architecture.

The basics of the process are as follows. How to replace rotted wood rafters. Measure the length of framing wood needed with a measuring tape. Build temporary supports to brace the ceiling or floor at the point of support.

How to replace a dry rotted wood beam. Discard the wood in a garbage bin as you work to. Remove the rotted wood with a chisel and pry bar. It involves cutting away the damaged end and replacing with a new piece but this time the two sections are joined using galvanised steel plates.

If you have a rotted structural porch post you can either replace the column or repair it. Structural components such as joists and beams should be replaced if signs of rot are present. There are two ways to repair rotted wood depending on the size of the damaged area and the condition of the surrounding wood fill it with wood filler or cut the rotted wood out and replace it with a patch. When a column supports a roof or structure it is considered structural.

Cut the beam out of its resting place using a reciprocating saw. Joist end repair plates for roof trusses this method is not too dissimilar to using the method above. The rotten joist end is cut off and an angle cut is made to bottom of the beam to allow a new part to be bolted on a good distance from the fulcrum point. First of all it ruins the unique original architecture.