Dry Rot in Leeds A tip on recognising Dry Rot Mycelium

Dry rot mycelium looks like this. Dry rot surveys and damp and timber surveys in West and North Yorkshire by qualified experts BT Preservation. This is a homeowners pre-purchase damp and timber survey.
The video shows how to identify Dry Rot, what can cause the decay and also how old fungal growth feels and sounds, compared to new growth. Bryan shows you fungal strands and this Leeds house has quite a severe attack from the Dry Rot. The decay is seen in the floor timbers and also in the kitchen units. In this case caused by a leak in the kitchen. The dry rot damage is shown close-up in the skirting boards and Bryan explains why the timber splits across the grain due to the enzyme action of the dry rot.
Bryan uses an electronic moisture meter to check the moisture content of the timbers and shows that the conditions are not suitable to support ongoing growth.
This survey formed the basis for a timber report for the home buyer who was able to negociate a discount on the price of the house to cover the costs of the remedial work.
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[@dickjones522]

This guy is so good and informative

[@politicalmudpit6792]

Thanks I’m a plasterer renovating my own house and never came across a case....until now perhaps

[@x111sam]

Nice video. Just revising Serpula Lacrymans (Dry Rot) for my exam tomorrow. Big help!

[@BrickTiePreservation]

+Sam Shepherd Hi Sam - I hope you passed!

[@x111sam]

+Brick Tie Preservation Many thanks. I passed with flying colours, thanks!

[@kr1221E]

Thanks for your video. how come only one side of that floorboard was rotten, yet the other side looked perfectly healthy? Also, what caused the floorboard to rot. I ask because, for years, rain has been falling on a timber soleplate embedded in a concrete screed floor in my roofspace. The soleplate I can see just has stains on it but I'm worried the underside could be rotten. The soleplate forms the base of timber studwork which runs the length of my flat, which is in the roofspace.

[@HappyQuailsLC]

Does the myeciliun advance into dry wood from a wet, infested area?

[@BrickTiePreservation]

No. Dry wood cannot support any fungal growth. The wood must be damp in order for the fungus to penetrate it and metabolise the contents. However, heavy growth of fungal sheets (mycelium), over the surface of adjacent wood, combined with exhalation of excess water is thought to increase the moisture content of wood, which would otherwise be too dry to attack. This is often overstated to imply that dry rot can gallop off through an entire house, having started in the basement. It can do this, but only if there is a source of water which extends for example from a leaking roof, down the basement.