Browse Forums DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair 1 Apr 23, 2008 1:54 pm Hello All,
I recently discovered a long term water leak inside my bathroom wall which has rotted away timber flooring, joists, and some of the vertical timber framing posts. I have removed all the affected timber and am now in the process of rebuilding. I have had to cut away a metre at the bottom of one of the vertical timber framing posts. Can anyone tell me what might be an acceptable method to fix a replacement piece of timber to the existing post? Many thanks beach beachsides Re: Repairing timber framing.. 2Apr 23, 2008 8:52 pm Just fix same sized piece of framing to the existing piece making sure they overlap about 500mm. Liquid nail and bugle screw the two together.
You can get products ( eg Intergrain TSS) to stop any further rot of timber in parts you can't remove. Building Standards; Getting It Right! Long story short, a toilet room is going to back onto our main bedroom and I want to make it close to soundproof. Im going to build two frames (pretty much a room within a… 0 2130 STEFF62 Framing should be fine, but he will only be able to nail the baseplates in, I wouldnt think you can dynabolt them after 24 hours. My question is, how is he… 1 4950 8 8911 |