Dry rot (Serpula Lacrymans) is the most famous of the rots and is the most serious. If left to grow dry rot will cause thousands of pounds worth of damage, dry rot can cause timber decay at lower moisture content than wet rot that is why the cause of the problem needs to be identified and rapid drying of the area is needed.
Have a read on our blog and read about Meg the dry rot search dog we work with, Meg is brilliant it covering large areas for non destructive surveys, she is the first dry rot search dog to have a video of her on youtube where she finds dry rot in a property in Wiltshire. We are available to carry out dry rot surveys with Meg and her handler, please contact us for prices.
How do Complete Preservation know that our dry rot treatment works and can offer a long term guarantee? We grow dry rot in our laboratory, we use this to test our dry rot treatments and also for training our dry rot search dog.
Dry rot repair works are mostly over specified, there is this mis conception that everything needs to be cut back 1 meter. This maybe acceptable on a 3"x2" piece of softwood, but not an historic listed building. We have worked on some very large listed building with huge oak timbers built into soaking wet walls that would take years to dry down, these needed protection by the use of penetrating gels to ensure that whilst drying down no dry rot will come back and attack the timbers. It also important that if timbers are to be left, that bearing ends of timbers are drill resistance tested to check the structural integrity of the timber.
We offer the complete service from initial survey, rapid drying of the area in question using Drieaz dehumidifiers along with air movers, sympathetic repairs along with chemical treatments where necessary.
This image shows dry rot in the basement of a property in Wiltshire, Complete Preservation also carried out the treatment of the dry rot outbreak.
This image shows dry rot in a newly renovated property in Somerset, Complete Preservation also carried out the treatment of the dry rot outbreak.
Dry rot (Serpula Lacrymans) is the most famous of the rots and is the most serious. If left to grow dry rot will cause thousands of pounds worth of damage, dry rot can cause timber decay at lower moisture content than wet rot that is why the cause of the problem needs to be identified and rapid drying of the area is needed.
Unfortunately dry rot is rather 'secretive' in its activity, preferring stagnant, humid conditions. Hence, when it is discovered the damage it has caused is frequently very extensive.
Dry rot treatment and surveys need to be carried out by an experienced professional surveyor with an understanding of buildings and the ability to kill off the dry rot outbreak first time.
Read our blog and how we saved a client thousand of pounds as no dry rot treatment was necessary http://blog.completepreservation.co.uk/2014/07/24/why-do-you-need-a-qualified-rot-specialist-for-a-dry-rot-survey/
Read our blog where we have lots of pictures of dry rot, this may help you identify your dry rot outbreak http://blog.completepreservation.co.uk/2014/04/26/dry-rot-pictures/
Contact Complete Preservation for a dry rot survey-report, investigation and treatment. We cover Trowbridge, Bath , Frome, Devizes, Chippenham, Bradford On Avon, Calne, Marlborough, Swindon, Bristol, Wiltshire and Somerset (the South West)
This image shows decay by the wet rot cellar fungus, Coniophora Puteana in a Wiltshire property. Decay by wet rot fungi such as the cellar fungus, Coniophora Puteana, tends to remain more localized.
Wet rot (Coniophora Puteana) the Cellar Fungus is the most common cause of wet rot of timber in buildings this is not as expensive to repair as dry rot and is normally found in skirting boards and sub floor plates and joists.
