REPAIRING AND REINFORCING LOAD BEARING ELEMENTS OF TIMBER STRUCTURES, DAMAGED BY BIO-DEGRADATION

Abstract eng:
Many historical timber constructions are damaged by biodegradation especially by ligniperdous insect. Sometimes the degradation is so high, that some construction members need to be replaced or reinforced. In common buildings we can use many known methods to repair damage. But in historical buildings we must mind visual aspect and Bureau of care of historical monuments. According to their demands we are not able to replace whole members also repaired timber element must look like original members. This article describes the method which can be used in such cases.

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