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Castle Ward House

Castle Ward House, Northern Ireland, U.K.

Castle Ward House is situated near Strangford, Northern Ireland. The property was constructed in 1756.

An inspection during the course of repairs revealed that one of the original timber beams in the area of the Tympanum had serious decayed. This beam acted as a support for the upper stonework and a hanger for the lower stones. With this decay the lower stones had cracked and showed signs of falling out.

 First sign of destressed beam
First sign of distressed beam
Before this beam could be replaced the structure above it had to be restrained. The constraints imposed by the National Trust restricted the solutions to this problem.

The CINTEC system was chosen of the following reasons :-

  1. The system had to work in a sandstone and random rubble wall.
  2. The system had to be effective in areas where there were fissures within the wall. A resin system would run into these fissures and prove ineffective. A completely stress free anchor was needed.
External upper beam area
External upper beam area		 Internal damage of wooden beam
Internal damage of wooden beam

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