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The Leslie United Methodist Church (1869) Project
- This does not look like a Barn
- Emergency support for broken beam in attic (note access)
- Materials access to attic
- Enter here
- The attic (rear), access
- Front of attic, bell tower supports
- Broken lower cord (tie beam) of Truss and rafter
- Main problem, 12” by 12” beam is broken
- Cleaned up and ready to repair
- Church Sanctuary work area
- Pulling and lifting devices in place
- Ted contemplating
- Beam pulled back together
- Shaping the repair bracket
- Big bracket for a big problem
- Rope pulley to get it up there
- Laminated repair of rafter
- Bracket seen from below
- Laminated layer on beam, bracket in place
- Beam repair finished
- Moving in materials
- New laminated brace
- Preventing future problems, done