Dry Rot Wirral

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Dry Rot in Wirral is one of the most damaging conditions you can get in your home.  To grow and flourish dry rot needs moisture. This cold come from many sources, such as a drip from a leaky pipe, rain water coming through the roof or damaged gutters or drain pipes.  Once it starts growing (often unseen), it can inflict serious damage on timber anywhere in the home. 

Dry Rot spores are present everywhere to some degree in every home. On their own, they are harmless, but if they're given water, they germinate forming a large cotton wool like fungus.  Once it reaches this stage, dry rot can do serious harm to a building causing timber to lose its structure and integrity over time.  

Dry Rot often grows where people do not look - behind plaster, under floorboards or up in lofts.  It can even grow within the cracks and cavities in walls feeding off debris and wood behind the plaster.  

A survey will be able to identify the scope of any dry rot problem.  Using specialist surveying tools, the progress of dry rot infestations can be checked in unexposed areas of the home.  If the survey reveals the presence of dry rot, then treatment recommended will depend on the severity of moisture.

If the survey reveals the presence of dry rot , then treatment recommended by us will depend on the severity of moisture. This may be enough to stop a minor outbreak, but where it's more widespread it may be necessary to remove plaster, apply fungicide and replace damaged timbers, such as skirting boards and joists.  

Whatever work may be required, our fully qualified trained surveyors and technicians Dry Rot eradication by Abbey Damp carries a 10 year Guarantee.