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Abandoned, Then Embraced: The Kinsol Trestle

 

 

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I do know from a maintenance perspective the one thing we are doing is we are treating the wood, not treating it with any kind of harsh chemicals, like creosote or the other chemicals that are there. We are using something called Cobra Rods, which are these one inch thick rods, maybe six inches long. What we did is we drove them into the wood that is most susceptible to decay, to moisture, anywhere around the bolt locations, and this is all based on our condition assessment of where the historic wood is decaying the most, typically around the bolts and anywhere that's touching the ground - the bottom sills, for instance, are in some of the worst condition. So what we're doing is putting untreated wood down but we're shooting these rods, which are called Cobra Rods, into the wood. And what they do is that they maintain their integrity until the wood inside reaches 25 per cent moisture, and then they release and they shoot a chemical out that soaks up the moisture. And so it's a very interesting kind of process and way to tackle the inevitable decay that happens with all wood outside.

 

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