Dry rot due to the fungus Serpula lacrymans causes millions of dollars worth of damage to homes and buildings around the world. Now a comparative analysis involving Serpula lacrymans, the second brown ...

Dry rot is not inevitable but it is common on many homes, apartments and other structures with wood siding and trim. The first key to avoiding dry rot is to select quality wood. But a second vital ...

We all know what happens when lumber stays wet for long periods of time in a poorly-ventilated area. The inside of the wood breaks down and turns to mush. The technical term is dry rot, and it's ...

THE “beautiful growth of fungus covering the wall and floor (in a wine-cellar) to a depth of 4 inches, suggesting cotton-wool in form and colour,” referred to by “M. H. M.,” is the destructive dry-rot ...

Q: I bought a house in Paradise (Butte County) that had been neglected. Please help me with a gutter problem. It seems the gutters were attached directly to the ends of the roof rafters. There is no ...

DRYROT05e-C-27DEC01-HM-CKH CHRISTINA KOCI HERNANDEZ/CHRONICLE Dry rot finally made a hole in Carvers deck. Examples of dry rot given by Doug Carver, owner of Live Oak Structural, at his home in ...

As a result of research during the past five years, Bayer Products, Ltd., Crawley Research Station, Brighton Road, Crawley, Sussex, claim to have developed a highly efficient preparation for the ...

Do you have wood rot happening at your home? It’s a common problem, and it seems to be getting worse each year because new lumber is more susceptible to rot. Also, many tradespeople are not coating ...