Orleton Manor roof removal -The gable truss is removed(9) Peter Ward 2022-01-26 | Removing the first of the trusses - this one complete with window and infill panels! www.heritage-house.orgwww.heritage-survey.orghttps://oakleyframebuildings.co.ukFor more information and updates on the Orleton Manor project please subscribe to the blog at www.orletonmanor.com.
Orleton Manor roof - Jake explains the next steps in repair Peter Ward 2022-01-26 | Now we have to repair the trusses and wallplates ready for the roof to be replaced. It's going to be about an 8 week program of work. www.heritage-house.orgwww.heritage-survey.orghttps://oakleyframebuildings.co.ukFor more information and updates on the Orleton Manor project please subscribe to the blog at www.orletonmanor.com.
Orleton Manor roof removal - The last bit of wallplate (13) Peter Ward 2022-01-26 | Finally, a section of badly d amaged wallplate is removed for repair as well www.heritage-house.orgwww.heritage-survey.orghttps://oakleyframebuildings.co.ukFor more information and updates on the Orleton Manor project please subscribe to the blog at www.orletonmanor.com.
Orleton Manor roof removal - main truss removal (10) Peter Ward 2022-01-26 | The remaining trusses have been strengthened and tied together for lifting ready for repair on the ground.www.heritage-house.orgwww.heritage-survey.orghttps://oakleyframebuildings.co.ukFor more information and updates on the Orleton Manor project please subscribe to the blog at www.orletonmanor.com.
Orleton Manor roof removal - the biggest purlin comes off (7) Peter Ward 2022-01-26 | These are massive timbers - Jake thinks both these are from the same tree, over 12 metres long. How did the old boys even get them up there?www.heritage-house.orgwww.heritage-survey.orghttps://oakleyframebuildings.co.ukFor more information and updates on the Orleton Manor project please subscribe to the blog at www.orletonmanor.com.
Orleton Manor roof - Second big truss removed (11) Peter Ward 2022-01-26 | Here we lift the second of the trusses - already strengthened ready for its journey to the ground. A little pursuasion is sometimes needed, but these 500 year old timbers give way surprisingly easily.www.heritage-house.orgwww.heritage-survey.orghttps://oakleyframebuildings.co.ukFor more information and updates on the Orleton Manor project please subscribe to the blog at www.orletonmanor.com.
Orleton Manor roof removal - first long purlin (6) Peter Ward 2022-01-26 | These are massive timbers - two more even bigger ones follow this one, so its just a warm up! www.heritage-house.orgwww.heritage-survey.orghttps://oakleyframebuildings.co.ukFor more information and updates on the Orleton Manor project please subscribe to the blog at www.orletonmanor.com.
Orleton Manor roof - Jake's wallplate strategy Peter Ward 2022-01-26 | Now we have to repair the trusses and wallplates ready for the roof to be replaced. It's going to be about an 8 week program of work. Jake explains how he takes initial measurements to set up the construction on the ground.www.heritage-house.orgwww.heritage-survey.orghttps://oakleyframebuildings.co.ukFor more information and updates on the Orleton Manor project please subscribe to the blog at www.orletonmanor.com.
Orleton Manor roof removal - the biggest purlin finished (8) Peter Ward 2022-01-26 | These are massive timbers - Jake thinks both these are from the same tree, over 12 metres long. How did the old boys even get them up there?www.heritage-house.orgwww.heritage-survey.orghttps://oakleyframebuildings.co.ukFor more information and updates on the Orleton Manor project please subscribe to the blog at www.orletonmanor.com.
Orleton Manor roof - the first purlin comes off (5) Peter Ward 2022-01-26 | Here we start to carefully unpick the roof timbers. The framers have removed pegs and readied the timbers for lifting. A little pursuasion is sometimes needed, but these 500 year old timbers give way surprisingly easily.www.heritage-house.orgwww.heritage-survey.orghttps://oakleyframebuildings.co.ukFor more information and updates on the Orleton Manor project please subscribe to the blog at www.orletonmanor.com.
Orleton Manor Roof - The Crane arrives Peter Ward 2022-01-26 | Orleton manor roof works - the crane arrives, and the boys start removing roof timbers...www.heritage-house.orgwww.heritage-survey.orghttps://oakleyframebuildings.co.ukFor more information and updates on the Orleton Manor project please subscribe to the blog at www.orletonmanor.com.
Raising the roof - Orleton Manor roof removal - Part 2 Peter Ward 2022-01-18 | After 12 months of work to rebuild the walls beneath the roof, Jake Oakley - the Lead Timber Framer on the Project - takes us through the plan to remove the 600 year old roof trusses to enable final structural timber frame repairs to the wallplates. The trusses will be themselves repaired and strengthened, before being lifted back into place on the roof. Most of the damage to the frame has been from water which soaked the timbers after the roof failed many years ago. www.heritage-house.orgwww.heritage-survey.orghttps://oakleyframebuildings.co.ukFor more information and updates on the Orleton Manor project please subscribe to the blog at www.orletonmanor.com.
Raising the roof - Orleton Manor roof removal - Part 4 Peter Ward 2022-01-18 | Before removing the huge 600 year old roof trusses, a final check around the structure to see the braces, straps and structural reinforcement of the building. Tomorrow the roof trusses will be lifted off with a crane, allowing completion of the wallplate repairs. The trusses themselves will be repaired and then replaced - allowing the roof to be put back on the building.www.heritage-house.orgwww.heritage-survey.orghttps://oakleyframebuildings.co.ukFor more information and updates on the Orleton Manor project please subscribe to the blog at www.orletonmanor.com. #Timber framing, #oak frame repair, #listed-building, #grade 2 listed building, #Grade 2* listed building, #Listed building survey, #old house, #historic building conservation, #oakum caulking, #repairing timber frame,#heritage house, #conservation, #Hereford, #Herefordshire, #heritage oak, #oak framing, #building restoration, #Shropshire, #Worcestershire, #lime render, #lime plaster, #historic building surveys, #damp,#rising damp,#timber treatment
Raising the Roof - Orleton Manor roof removal - Part 3 Peter Ward 2022-01-18 | In this video, Jake Oakley - Lead timber framer to the project - explains the mysterious Dragon Beam which has caused so many problems with structural stability. Work continues to make the frame ready for tomorrows 'big lift' when the crane arrives to take the massive 600 year old trusses off the roof. This will allow final repairs to the wallplates so the ancient frame can once again be made ready to carry the weight of the roof.www.heritage-house.orgwww.heritage-survey.orghttps://oakleyframebuildings.co.ukFor more information and updates on the Orleton Manor project please subscribe to the blog at www.orletonmanor.com. #Timber framing, #oak frame repair, #listed-building, #grade 2 listed building, #Grade 2* listed building, #Listed building survey, #old house, #historic building conservation, #oakum caulking, #repairing timber frame,#heritage house, #conservation, #Hereford, #Herefordshire, #heritage oak, #oak framing, #building restoration, #Shropshire, #Worcestershire, #lime render, #lime plaster, #historic building surveys, #damp,#rising damp,#timber treatment
Raising the Roof - Orleton Manor roof removal - Part 1 Peter Ward 2022-01-18 | After 12 months of work to rebuild the walls beneath the roof, Jake Oakley - the Lead Timber Framer on the Project - takes us through the plan to remove the 600 year old roof trusses to enable final structural timber frame repairs to the wallplates. The trusses will be themselves repaired and strengthened, before being lifted back into place on the roof. Most of the damage to the frame has been from water which soaked the timbers after the roof failed many years ago. www.heritage-house.orgwww.heritage-survey.orghttps://oakleyframebuildings.co.ukFor more information and updates on the Orleton Manor project please subscribe to the blog at www.orletonmanor.com. #Timber framing, #oak frame repair, #listed-building, #grade 2 listed building, #Grade 2* listed building, #Listed building survey, #old house, #historic building conservation, #oakum caulking, #repairing timber frame,#heritage house, #conservation, #Hereford, #Herefordshire, #heritage oak, #oak framing, #building restoration, #Shropshire, #Worcestershire, #lime render, #lime plaster, #historic building surveys, #damp,#rising damp,#timber treatment
Repairs to 500 year old timber frame Manor House Peter Ward 2021-11-05 | Repairs to the manor continue apace, ready for the massive roof trusses to be lifted off by crane. This will allow structural work to the roof and repairs to wall plates. Framing by Jake Oakley’s team of timber framers, Lawrence stone masonry. The Heritage House team provide oversight to the entire project. Christian Montez is project architect and spab scholar. Kevin Gilsenan is project engineer. #heritage#timberframing #heritagehouse#peteward#heritagesurvey#dampsurvey
Damp cold air, or is it? Peter Ward 2021-01-08 | It was freezing cold, raining, and wet. But the air was dry. So we wnated to show you that cold and wet outside, doesn't mean your house gets wet from outside. It's you, and what you do internally, than makes it wet.www.heritage-house.org
Pete and Corey discuss 'flood resilience' in old buildings Peter Ward 2020-02-27 | A frank discussion between conservation experts about work done to old homes that have been affected by floods. Here we discuss incorrect specifications which will almost certainly damage the buildings and make them less able to recover from flooding than before they were worked on - usually by insurance companies.www.heritage-house.org
Flood damage and old buildings Peter Ward 2020-02-27 | Pete gives some important advice for folk who have been affected by the floods. It's, as always, about breathability. Dont let the insurance companies make you go 'flood resilient' and put your home in a plastic straitjacket that will leave it sopping wet for evermore.www.heritage-house.org
The Environmental Health industry - incompetence being taught... Peter Ward 2020-01-14 | I got a letter via a client from an EHO - demanding he damp proofed a house. This led to looking at how they are trained, and finding they are basically lambs to the slaughter. Incompetent training, taught to 'diagnose' rising damp, and making complex legal decisions about how people live, and how to treat landlords, based on complete bullshit. See our websites at www.heritage-house.org, and www.heritage-survey.org...
Damp Cellar Part 2 Peter Ward 2020-01-14 | Now we had down into the cellar to look at the ventilation. By now you will realise that I hate tanking. In about 99% of times, tanking and cement render is not needed. What IS needed is a systematic approach - get it breathing, test progress, see if it dries out, and if not, why? Then come up with options. This is a truly wet cellar that runs water, but I am still drying it out. More on www.heritage-house.org and www.heritage-survey.org
Historic Timber Frame Survey - what we look for... Peter Ward 2020-01-13 | A Grade 2* timber framed manor house. Beautiful, but neglected, and victim of considerable illegal works that will take a lot of work to put right. I show you how we survey them, what to look for, and reveal some of the dreadful practises that take place when builders and owners 'get away with it'. The new owner of this home will be undertaking a sensitive restoration project, and we hope to follow the process after he takes ownership. This was one of the first surveys done on Orleton, and interesting to look back on, given the scale of the project now.Watch our website at www.heritage-house.org, and www.heritage-survey.orghttps://oakleyframebuildings.co.ukFor more information and updates on the Orleton Manor project please subscribe to the blog at www.orletonmanor.com.
Damp cellars and basements - how to dry them out Peter Ward 2020-01-13 | Don't be conned by people telling you to tank a basement or cellar. Start with ventilation and breathability. Here we talk about airflow, breathability, materials, extraction, heating - all factors that govern whether the cellar is damp or dry. Visit our website for more info - www.heritage-house.org
Aquapol the fraud Peter Ward 2019-08-19 | Currently doing the rounds, and headed up by a very convincing ?Hungarian bloke called Val somebody or other, is Aquapol - now neatly dressed up as Core Conservation. His website features content largely drawn from our site, and the bloke charges many thousands (Seriously folks - this piece of crap sells for over £4000 to unsuspecting victims) for his 'services'. Spread the word - and save the unsuspecting public from Core Conservation and Aquapol. Our advice: Ventilate, and make your house breathable. It's usually quite cost effective, and it works! For more information visit our website http://www.heritage-house.org or http://www.heritage-survey.org.
The fraud that is aquapol and core conservation Peter Ward 2019-08-09 | A weird magnetic device unmasked, and Core Conservation are revealed as fraudsters. They are quoting thousands to make your house 'dry' - when all you really need is better ventilation..
Why sealed floors make walls wet Peter Ward 2019-08-09 | A bitumen coating over this floor has trapped moisture, sending it sideways into the bottom of the wall. As we remove the bitumen, the floor and wall magically dry out before our eyes. Peter Cox quoted thousands to damp proof this house - all it needed was the cause to be removed, and it all dried out beautifully. www.heritage-house.org
Didgeridoo Concert underground Peter Ward 2019-08-09 | Charles Clark takes to the dark tunnels of Greenlaws mine with his didgeridoo, and plays funky rhythm !!
A Grade 2 Listed medieval house - or is it? Peter Ward 2018-11-16 | It's very easy to get taken in by what you see. This is a good example of a house that WAS medieval, but is now a confused mess of features resulting from a complete rebuild in the 1930's. It's a pastiche of medieval and Arts and Craft house, done by a local builder! www.heritage-house.org
A Confused Carpenter sees the light! Peter Ward 2018-11-16 | A quick tutorial on what to do with a timber frame without spending a whole heap of money...www.heritage-house.org
We find a huge stone fireplace! Peter Ward 2018-02-26 | This is an almost pristine old house, probably mid Georgian, built of stone. 1960's repairs have covered much of the inside and we decided to investigate the fireplaces - this was a spectacular find - we were unprepared for the size and scale of the stone lintel. It also shows just how much dampness can come from a backfilled chimney - nearly 50 sacks of rubble, mostly wet soot and ash full of salts came out of it. Now we'll see the house start to dry properly. It will have a stainless steel liner fitted, and woodburning stove. One delighted client!www.heritage-house.org
Rentokil Peter Ward 2018-02-19 | Totally un necessary - You NEVER need to use chemicals to treat timber. This is old stuff - but just goes to show what horrible chemicals our houses are treated with. Historic England research, and much other work, all say - chemical treatment never needed, to stop timber problems, just dry the timber. Dry timber does NOT get attacked by beetle, fungus, or anything else. See BS7913.
The con of Schrijver damp proofing Peter Ward 2018-02-19 | These stupid bricks are smashed into the walls of old buildings, breaking through the cement render that is the cause of moisture in the first place - and CEMENTED into place, so nothing can get out anyway. They are a total con - never been approved by anyone, aggressively sold by con artists. Alternative names, holland damp proofing, knapen tubes.
A timber frame survey and some rough costs.. Peter Ward 2018-02-09 | Surveying a timber frame - some observations and costs for you.
Rising damp - of course its not - Just more PCA fraud Peter Ward 2018-02-09 | A Grade 2 listed Georgian farmhouse - defaced by moronic damp wallies. There isnt even any damp - rising, penetrating or any other type - the place is bone dry.
Opening up an historic timber frame - many problems.. Peter Ward 2017-08-15 | We surveyed this house, and warned client of potential problems. After negotiating allowance for repairs, they have completed purchase and we are now opening up and preparing to undertake repairs. This is our first day of investigations - finding problems, understanding the building, and documenting ready for a Listed building Consent application.www.heritage-house.org
Rising damp - Nope - its broken drains! Peter Ward 2017-07-12 | It's been suggested this property needed damp proofing and tanking. We gave the thermal imaging camera a workout, and found peculiar cold areas. It rained, and lo and behold, a leaky drain was the culprit. The walls will be cleaned off so they can breathe and dry out, the drain mended, and good ventilation installed - the cellars will then be dry. Simple!!www.heritage-house.orgwww.heritage-survey.org
Structural damage from rusting iron Peter Ward 2017-07-12 | Rusting iron girders, iron pins, iron brackets in walls - all of these combine in this property to cause serious structural movement, purely through expansion of the iron as it rusts. www.heritage-survey.orgwww.heritage-house.org
Extreme damp wallys Peter Ward 2017-07-12 | Mike did a survey recently in London and found this absolute mess - some of the worst damp wally damage we've ever seen. They even injected the skirting boards! The wall was bone dry - all the mess was completely unnecessary. See our websites for how to deal with 'damp' issues and learn about the fraud that is Rising Damp... www.heritage-survey.orgwww.heritage-house.org
A burn test on Kingspan insulation panels from our cellar Peter Ward 2017-07-12 | After threats from Kingspan to sue us for defamation if we published anything about their insulation, we thought we'd have another go at burning their insulation. This video shows a stack of kingspan being burned in my woodburner - lit with a few sheets of paper from the office waste paper bin. This video shows how easily Kingspan burns and emits horrible toxic fumes. Kingspan wrongly told us their products were not involved with Grenfell Tower - they were. I'd be very happy if this form of insulation was banned from any use in buildings. www.heritage-house.org
Grade 2 Listed Timber frame survey - Part 2 Peter Ward 2017-07-06 | Surveying a timber frame is a complex art form. You need to understand what makes a joint - how structural is the timber you are looking at? Is the timber original? What is causing damage and why? What will it cost to repair? What is causing movement? It is not hard to run up a bill for £100,000 on a timber frame - our job is to make sure that you are well informed when purchasing a new home, or get it right when specifying repairs to an existing house.www.heritage-house.org and www.heritage-survey.org
Timber frame survey Peter Ward 2017-07-05 | This will give you some insights into what we look for when surveying old timber framed buildings. The pitfalls are huge, but so can be the rewards. The problems we see here are typical of many timber frames. See www.heritage-house.org and www.heritage-survey.org for more information
Welsh timber framed Hall House Peter Ward 2017-07-05 | Ancient smoke blackened timbers from Medieval cooking fires, a Victorian range, and modern repairs live side by side in this ancient house. Inappropriate repairs need removal, and fakery to the front needs removal - but underneath, it is a treasure.www.heritage-house.org
Using oakum caulking to seal infill panels on timber frame Peter Ward 2017-06-02 | We show you how to use our caulking to make infill panels watertight in an historic oak framed building. If you need oakum and caulking iron, we sell caulking kits for timber frames - see:www.heritage-house.org andwww.heritage-survey.org for more information about our work with historic timber frames.
Henley Ice Cream - Timber frame progress Peter Ward 2017-06-01 | We review progress on the job - and look at how the infill panels are fitted and sealed.www.heritage-survey.orgwww.heritage-house.org
Fixing the tie beam - Henley Peter Ward 2017-05-16 | The guys fix the huge tie beam plate, which secures braces and uprights. Now it needs to be all pegged together.www.heritage-survey.orgwww.heritage-house.org
Rising Damp? No it ain't - just gypsum! Peter Ward 2017-04-26 | Gypsum plaster covered with wallpaper makes it look like the mythical rising damp. Actually its salts being forced up behind gypsum plaster into the lime.www.heritage-house.org
Elm or Oak? Peter Ward 2017-04-26 | Elm versus oak - all about the difference - and where you'll see beetle. And why you don't need to treat ANY wood with chemicals.www.heritage-house.orgwww.heritage-survey.org
How to destroy a Grade 2 listed timber frame with cement and silicone Peter Ward 2017-01-10 | This is something of a rant about the danger of using silicone and cement. Wait till I get around the side of the building about 8 minutes into the video, and see the state of the sill beams - all because some idiot used silicone and cement. All this needs to be removed before the frame can be repaired.www.heritage-house.org
A PROPER damp survey... Peter Ward 2017-01-10 | This shows you the scientific way to look at moisture levels within the home. Only part of the job mind - still need to look at drains, ground levels etc - but this shows the difference between a dry, well ventilated home, and a damp, not well ventilated house..www.heritage-house.org
