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[bcd-87]

Started a bathroom today.. we found some damp floorboards took them up to find bit of dry rot!!

 

[White Room]

Dry rot can travel....everywhere.

 

[bcd-87]

Dry rot can travel....everywhere.

So today has been my 1st experience with dry rot.. everyday is still a school day

Any advise is welcome

 

[White Room]

Dry rot - How to identify and treat dry rot

 

[Qwerty]

Get the specialists in! I know they just cut out, spray etc but I wouldn't want to risk it if it was bad

 

[bcd-87]

Get the specialists in! I know they just cut out, spray etc but I wouldn't want to risk it if it was bad

Thanks, think its my only option

 

[Just Rizzle]

is it ground floor? and looks more like wood worm with all those holes

 

[One Day]

Yup. Woodworm. Doesn't look like dry rot to me.

 

[bcd-87]

Yup. Woodworm. Doesn't look like dry rot to me.

is it ground floor? and looks more like wood worm with all those holes

Yes, ground floor bathroom. It's all very damp no air brick the joist plate is bad too.. Thanks guys

 

[Just Rizzle]

treat with wood worm treatment.
did a job befor xmas was a upstairs bathroom sprayed all the timbers with 2 coats then ran another set of joists next to the effected ones then used 25mm tong and grove full length of room was solid when we finished

 

[White Room]

Worth just getting checked, we can't be experts at everything.