I am looking to hire a consultant with experience diagnosing powder post damage and developing potential remedies for my frame. I live in Massachusetts, near Boston.

This is in a single (I believe) pine 6"x6"x12', part of a frame addition I built from new timbers 5 years ago. The beam is exposed on two sides, and has visible pp damage along perhaps 2' of it. Unfortunately, part of the damage wraps around to an unexposed side, and toward and behind knee brace joint, so I can't just excavate to clean wood. I'd like to find someone with experience troubleshooting this kind of problem, who can take a close look and suggest solutions, either treating or replacement. The person would not need to be the same as the person doing the replacement, if that's the way we go.

Any suggestions? Any advice on whether to just go ahead and replace the beam?

thanks for any thoughts.--Richard