18-05-2016, 03:26 PM
I read what you say Mark but on the other hand....I once converted an old agricultural barn to residential use, first job on the barn was the roof or what was left of it, rafters shot, purlins shot, A frames...well not as bad as I originally thought, there were four of them in total, one of the legs in one of them was rotten, replaceable/doable, the rest of the legs and collar beams were riddled with woodworm holes, I mean really riddled but no sign of collapsing, some frass was fresh. The timber was old Baltic pine.
Anyways the building inspector came out to ok the septic tank/drains etc, I got him to look at the riddled A frames, he got a screw driver and sunk it into the wood until it hit the heartwood he said they would be fine (Gulp) but I must treat them, I used an off the shelve woodworm killer, can't remember the make, probably Cuprinol or Ronseal or something similar, at least a couple of large cans as I remember, gave the timbers around four good soakings, lived there for twenty years, no frass.
Lawrence.
Anyways the building inspector came out to ok the septic tank/drains etc, I got him to look at the riddled A frames, he got a screw driver and sunk it into the wood until it hit the heartwood he said they would be fine (Gulp) but I must treat them, I used an off the shelve woodworm killer, can't remember the make, probably Cuprinol or Ronseal or something similar, at least a couple of large cans as I remember, gave the timbers around four good soakings, lived there for twenty years, no frass.
Lawrence.
