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Portfolio / Conservation / Claybrooke
Church Roof Timber Repair – St. Peter’s Church, Claybrooke Parva, LeicestershireA Grade 1 listed church, St. Peters is a substantial church dating from around 1320. Its nave roof consists of five very fine brattished, or heavily decorated and moulded, tie beam trusses and wall posts. The quinquennial inspection highlighted fragile wall posts and Death Watch beetle decimation. The structural integrity of the nave roof was investigated in consultation with English Heritage and it was agreed to carryout pressure drillings of critical timbers to establish the depths of decay, there was sufficient evidence to verify that the nave roof was structurally unsound and immediate work to the roof was required. A scaffold was erected in the church to access the trusses and then sections were cutaway to confirm the construction method and the extent of the damage. A new Stainless Steel support system for the trusses was designed and installed. The decorative posts and carvings were consolidated from the rear using a specialist resin that penitrated the passage holes of the beetle but did not run to the face of the posts, where very delicate consolidation
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