Repair ideas for vertical roof support

[carl0s]

Hi. We have this vertical support on our house that is rotting at the bottom.
Any ideas for a sensible repair for this? Either DIY, or what I should be enquiring after in the trade?
It seems like it would be hard to replace as-is. A replacement might have to be two-piece, with some kind of screw-out telescopic section at the bottom.
Or maybe we could somehow fill the bottom rotted area with a resin?
The whole thing obviously needs surface treatment as well.
Thanks very much,
Carl

 

[Bodgedbuild]

If it were mine, I think I would be tempted to brick up the whole side and put a door in the front where the steps are, subject to permissions. The replacement of the post may well require some improvements/modifications to it's footing, possibly a brick pier.

 

[charliegolf]

Raise the foot of the timber up to the top step maybe? The wood may be in good nick further up.

 

[^woody^]

Speak with a firm that does specialist conservation repairs to timber. Not any old builder.

If not too rotten, the post may be able to be saturated with a preservative, or if rotten, a resin and rod repair to the base.

If it needs replacement, then the lower section could potentially be cut out any replaced, but this would require a specific splice joint to get the new piece nicely slotted into the top section. So again, not any old builder.