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Dry rot is the common name given to the wood rotting fungus – serpula lacrymans! It is always related to timber with a high moisture content. When untreated it can destroy in months what the equally determined wood-boring insect larvae may take years to achieve.
Caused often by a combination of dampness and insufficient ventilation resulting from defective gutters, roof faults, blocked underfloor air vents, bad pointing and rendering, the lack of an effective damp proof course.
Once established, it grows rapidly by pushing out fungal strands (hyphae) even through thick masonry in its search for more timber on which to feed. Dry rot will grow sheets of a substance known as mycelium which is foul smelling. From this, fruiting bodies (sporophores) may eventually form producing millions of airborne spores which carry the infection elsewhere, not only throughout the building but to other buildings where conditions for germination occur now or in the future.
Ancillary works will often determine the effectiveness of the dry rot treatment. Preparation and reinstatement following treatment is of significant importance and may lead to a re-occurrence of the attack, if not carried out correctly. McCoy Hill offer a “one company solution” to dry rot eradication including:
Ancillary works – preparation and reinstatement
Effective targeted treatments
Timber resin repair (see Timber Engineering)