The existing cottages have three original king post roof trusses that date back to the 1700’s. We have replaced the tie beam on the middle cottage and then replaced 6 purlins through the 3 cottages (2 were later replacements and 4 were cracked). We have used reclaimed oak with all the replacements to ensure that it matches the existing timbers.
In addition, we replaced around 50m of wall plate (this is timber that runs along the top of the wall and carries the ends of the rafters).
Other than that the existing oaks timbers were simply sandblasted to clean off the years of muck. They will be treated with a wood preserver later.
A traditional King Post roof truss. This is the configuration that we have in our property. There are three in the existing properties.
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