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Fungi

Home & Dry solutions: damp
Summary

All fungus is bad for wood. There are no exceptions and if you have fungus, spores, white cobweb-like sheets on your walls you not only have a damp problem you have a fungus probelm. Panic ye not! There are many ways of dealing with fungus from chemical to organic and we'll show you how.

Symptoms

Condensation causes:

  • Damp (no surprise)
  • Near a water source
  • Poorly ventilated
  • Brittle
Prevention

The best way to avoid wet rot is to prevent the water gettting at the wood in the first place. There are several ways in which the water can get in (see damp section) and don't over look condensation as this can be over looked can this affects window sills in poorly ventilated rooms notably the kitchen, bathroom and bedrooms.

Treatment

Get the wood out of the water!

Not surpringly this is the first cause of action and takes in the form of a survey to find out where the water is coming in. This is very important as the scope of the damage could be very dangerous to people in the house is supporting timbers have been affected.

With the scope of the damage reported on clarified the all affected material needs to be removed and replaced with the problem of water getting solved at the same time. The amount of material that needs to be replaced can be far more than just the affected area as wet rot may have caused structural damage to other areas of the building but lets hope not.

If you think you are suffering from wet rot then give us a bell and we can let you know the state of damp in your house.

 
Damp Proof Layer
damp course

The damp proof course or layer is one of the most important barriers in protecting your building from damp. This layer can be absent or breached in a variety of ways and our prevention section could help you understand where the water is getting in.

Damp Treatments
timber damage

When damp penetrates timber the damage and the cost can be hard to swallow. With that in mind have a look at our section on timber damage which could help you prevent this expensive section of damp.