Cut structural roof timber

meggles88

Hello all,

But of a strange one has anyone ever come across how much a repair of a cut roof timber is? Appears that the sellers of a house have cut through a structural timber in the roof and the surveyor has suggested making sure this strengthened? Where do I start getting it repaired and costing wise what would I be looking at? I’ve never seen anything like it before! 

Section62

meggles88 said:

Hello all,

But of a strange one has anyone ever come across how much a repair of a cut roof timber is? Appears that the sellers of a house have cut through a structural timber in the roof and the surveyor has suggested making sure this strengthened? Where do I start getting it repaired and costing wise what would I be looking at? I’ve never seen anything like it before! 

It depends what has been cut.  Do you have a picture?

born_again

Sellers should be sorting it out.

Or just find a joiner & ask for quotes.

meggles88

This is the cut beam hopefully it works! 

35har1old

meggles88 said:

This is the cut beam hopefully it works! 

Could you take a wider photo of the area?
Has it been cut through and the timber is still in place and not been removed

meggles88

I’m hoping maybe I can just get someone to bolt it together perhaps with additional wood 😂

GDB2222

Any idea why they cut it?

It looks like it could be pushed back and braced with a piece of timber on each side, ie a very small job. You could check with the surveyor that he thinks that would do it.

meggles88

Absolutely no idea 😅 I’m glad it doesn’t sound like a big job!! 

stuart45

Looks like one of the struts that goes from the purlin to a load bearing wall.
At least it's not a purlin that's been cut. 
Replacing a strut is one of the easier jobs.

35har1old

meggles88 said:

I’m hoping maybe I can just get someone to bolt it together perhaps with additional wood 😂

Is the timber adjacent also a supporting timber if so you could fill the gap witn a piece of timber and pull it all together with bolts

Section62

meggles88 said:

This is the cut beam hopefully it works! 

Did the surveyor note anything wrong with the ridge, or sagging in the roof? (when viewed from outside)

It seems a really odd thing to do - making a cut there doesn't have any obvious purpose, which leaves deliberate damage as one of the few options.  At a push it might be someone deciding to tremove the bracing so they had more clear storage area, but then why didn't they finish the job (or repair it if they realised their error in time).

The repair should be relatively straightforward so long as there hasn't been movement in the roof structure.