Durran
2022-02-09 21:09:53
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I don't know your construction method. That makes an assessment difficult.
The fungal spores are found in the soil or also in the masonry. Under certain conditions, here moisture, it attacks the wood.
Infested wood cannot be saved.
In the pictures you can see that the moisture is rising from below. The baseboard and the boards are dripping wet and darkly discolored at the bottom.
Clay doesn't help at all. It only stores the moisture. I have a barn with a clay floor. When I lay boards or beams on the floor where little air reaches, they quickly look just like in your picture. Because the moisture from the ground also rises there.
A wooden board can draw moisture from the ground up to 2 meters deep. You can't believe how much water comes up there, even if it looks dry. In old houses, floorboards or door thresholds made of wood were placed in the ground. That's where the dry rot got in. The dry rot then goes into the masonry and also destroys that. Therefore it is subject to mandatory reporting. If the authorities find out, then remediation must be done. That is usually so expensive and difficult that demolition is often the only alternative.
I know people who had firewood stored in the hallway or against a house wall. Without ventilation. The dry rot caused huge damage there. One had to tear down the entire front porch once.
With you, it doesn't have to be dry rot, of course, there are other wood fungi. Mold is also a fungus.
But when it looks like that, it's already too late.
Open up the wall and dry it from below.
The fungal spores are found in the soil or also in the masonry. Under certain conditions, here moisture, it attacks the wood.
Infested wood cannot be saved.
In the pictures you can see that the moisture is rising from below. The baseboard and the boards are dripping wet and darkly discolored at the bottom.
Clay doesn't help at all. It only stores the moisture. I have a barn with a clay floor. When I lay boards or beams on the floor where little air reaches, they quickly look just like in your picture. Because the moisture from the ground also rises there.
A wooden board can draw moisture from the ground up to 2 meters deep. You can't believe how much water comes up there, even if it looks dry. In old houses, floorboards or door thresholds made of wood were placed in the ground. That's where the dry rot got in. The dry rot then goes into the masonry and also destroys that. Therefore it is subject to mandatory reporting. If the authorities find out, then remediation must be done. That is usually so expensive and difficult that demolition is often the only alternative.
I know people who had firewood stored in the hallway or against a house wall. Without ventilation. The dry rot caused huge damage there. One had to tear down the entire front porch once.
With you, it doesn't have to be dry rot, of course, there are other wood fungi. Mold is also a fungus.
But when it looks like that, it's already too late.
Open up the wall and dry it from below.