Qma acs newsletter vol i issue 1

January, 2013

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RESTORATION SECTION NEWSLETTER 1/2013 WOOD TREATMENT WORKSHOP – OLD PALACE AL-RUWAIS MOSQUE RESCUE The restoration section held the wood treatment

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Workshop at the old palace with the cooperation of ZRS co.

The Restoration section started the rescue of AlRuwais Mosque. And in the process of preparing the restoration project

Wood treatment workshop – old palace Al-Ruwais Mosque Rescue

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Wood Treatment Workshop Workshop was divided into two parts: Theoretical part:

The workers were trained how to use the foaming machine.

Applying the foam-treatment

1) It was explained type of timber in the ceiling of the old palace and the type of infection where the infection was from termites and burrowing beetle wood.

2) And also to explain the different treatment methods and why treatment was chosen with foam agent specifically for the case of ceiling of the old palace where this method insure the penetration of the Microsene material for the largest incursion deep inside the wood and the survival of the active substance for the longest possible period, ensuring future protection up to 10 years.

3) The explanation of the device used in the treatment with foam agent and its components and the optimal mode of operation for the best results.

4) Execution steps are explained from the preparation of material and the mixture into how the application and device control

Wood treatment workshop – old palace

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Al-Ruwais Mosque Rescue Emergency propping process.

After we have done the emergency securing process now we have to follow up and do these steps: •

Securing the previous work.

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To complete the supporting process to the rest

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of the walls and openings ”doors and windows” •

Ceiling propping

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Minerate propping.

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Original plaster consolidation.

Stone and mortar consolidation

While working

Al-Ruwais Mosque Rescue

RESTORATION SECTION NEWSLETTER 1/2013 WOOD TREATMENT WORKSHOP – OLD PALACE AL-RUWAIS MOSQUE RESCUE JANUARY, 2013

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