The most virulent and damaging rot to a property is dry rot (serpula lacrymans). Dry rot can spread rapidly, but may only become noticeable when a fruiting body forms under biological threat, such as during a summer’s heat wave, loss of food or competition from another rot or outbreak of dry rot.
Brown rots are the most dangerous to structural timber, as they cause cuboidal cracking (cracking across as well as along the grain), such as cellar rot (coniophora puteana).
White rots, such as window rot (phellinus contiguus) are common, particularly around external timber frames. Generally there are no a structural problem.
If you look at a wooden post, the rot is only found a few centimetres from the ground, the area where there is sufficient water (minimal ventilation), but it gets sufficient oxygen to respire.
Dry Rot Skirting board – a first floor flat of a mid terrace Victorian property in London Cause of Damp Condensation The London flat had been tenanted and in the sales process a RICS surveyor correctly identified dry rot as a potential risk. The remit was to determine risks and costs. Background the dry rot is …
Dry rot is the biggest concern with any damp property and therefore should be considered in every single damp survey. Dr rot is especially virulent in London, by contrast Rising Damp is not an issue in London and ground water is pumped out. Dry rot spores Dr rot pores are omnipresent, that is the micro seeds …
Yesterday we surveyed two properties both with damage caused by a large chemical damp proofing company. Here’s a snippet of the Plc’s failures. Damp treatment failure Ask for more details of what goes wrong when damp is misdiagnosed and why it causes more problems than it solves. Please add your comments.
24hr turn around Ask us for a Priority Urgent Damp Report (Damp and Timber Reports) Vendors Buyer are unhappy to spend additional money on a damp survey. Builders (damp contractors) offer quotes for works, which they call damp surveys, so what do you expect…. a £10,000 estimate for rising damp and renegotiation. Agents are seeing …
