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 ...

DRY ROT, or serpula lacrymans, the fungus which attacks structural timber in buildings with dramatic - and very expensive - results is really not funny. 'Dry rot' seems a contradictory term ...

A FOURTH edition of the brochure on “Dry Rot in Wood” has been issued from the Forest Products Research, Laboratories, under the auspices of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (Bull.

IN these days when there is grave need of sound technical advice designed to decrease private and national waste, and when it is so desirable that the general public shall acquire confidence in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Is the fence around your house or garden starting to get wobbly, lean, or even worse, already fallen? It's time to figure out what ...

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 ...

No tree is perfect. It’s subject to defects from the time it emerges as a seedling to the last stages of seasoning. A defect is simply an abnormality or irregularity found in wood. There are many ...

mical remedial treatments for timber decay and damp problems are an unnecessary, avoidable expense in the vast majority of cases, yet architects and other construction professionals continue to waste ...

US officials are set to confirm that dry rot was the primary cause of the Berkeley balcony collapse which catapulted six students to their deaths. One timber balcony beam was found to be so degraded ...