Timbered House Inspection
What is the condition of the half-timbered house?
So that the roof doesn’t fall on your head

Assessment of the stability and load-bearing capacity of the truss

Half-timbered houses must be checked professionally to identify weak points and security risks. Most of the damage is inside the built-in construction wood and is not visible from the outside. In order to detect possible internal damage and rotten areas at an early stage, measurements inside the wood are therefore essential. This is the only way to eliminate weak points in good time and ensure the safety of a half-timbered house.

Drilling resistance measuring devices enable the interior of the wood to be assessed

Measurement methods such as drilling resistance measurement provide information about the internal condition of a piece of wood. This allows cavities and rotten spots to be reliably identified. With drilling resistance measuring devices such as the IML-RESI PowerDrill and the IML-RESI F series, it is therefore possible to properly assess the stability and load-bearing capacity of half-timbered houses.

Frequently asked questions about Timbered House Inspection

Yes, you can take the information from PD/F Tools or WoodInspector and utilize it in your GIS or other related software.

The wood inspection drill measures the force of the needle turning through the wood product. For example, when the bit hits any soft decay the force on the graph will drop and if the needle hits a hard, brittle decay the graph will spike. If the bit runs through a cavity area the graph will drop measuring no resistance for the bit. The measurements are then collected on either a wax paper strip (F-Series) or electronically recorded for an instant upload (PD-Series).

With the F-Series drill the measurements are recorded on a wax paper strip. Typically users scan the wax paper strip into their report reinforcing their assessment of the wood. The PD-Series drill records the measurements automatically in digital form and can instantly upload these results to your computer via Bluetooth or USB cable. Software is available for your computer to analyze and organize your collected results.

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