Repairing Rafters

Before

After

It was hard to know what condition the roof rafters were in when we bought Old Farm, but we knew we would be replacing parts of them of least. Once the upstairs rooms were gutted and the drop ceilings removed, Alex cut off any protruding nails from the original ceiling boards and we painted everything. Now Bill is replacing parts of rafters with similar beams we bought six years ago for this job. The guest bedroom is now finished.

 The ceiling beams downstairs were in good shape, but most needed much sanding in the cracks etc., and prep work before painting. They are all lovely painted white now, except for one room with ceiling beams and boards never painted or showing any damage. They are above original floorboards which we did paint white. This ceiling had insulation, lathe and plaster at one time so we have compensated above it by using a large, thick oriental rug on the bedroom floor upstairs.

There are two rafters left in the large loft bedroom to be repaired now.