I have got a rotten floor, but I am unsure if the rot is dry rot or a wet rot. I have used the http://www.buildingpreservation.com website which I found through searching through previous threads.
The damage is mainly limited to one ground floor room with a cellar underneath. The cause of the moisture was a blocked gutter and the overflowing water coming in through the cellar skylight, so I think we have this sorted.
About 6 or 7 joists have rotted clean through, so the floor will need replacing. This seems simple enough. The thing that has me concerned is that there are some isolated bits of rotten skirting board in another room. I cant see an obvious source of moisture here - its an internal wall and there is no plumbing, so I was concerned that this could be the result of a strand of dry rot. I haven't seen any evidence of these strand structures in my rot, so I am fairly certain that I am safe, but would like a second opinion.
I have taken some pictures:
Top view of the floor boards
One of the floorboards pulled up and fliped over
under the floor
This is the rotten skirting board in the other room
As far as I can see I have a cuboidal brown rot, which could be dry rot.
Any suggestions....
The damage is mainly limited to one ground floor room with a cellar underneath. The cause of the moisture was a blocked gutter and the overflowing water coming in through the cellar skylight, so I think we have this sorted.
About 6 or 7 joists have rotted clean through, so the floor will need replacing. This seems simple enough. The thing that has me concerned is that there are some isolated bits of rotten skirting board in another room. I cant see an obvious source of moisture here - its an internal wall and there is no plumbing, so I was concerned that this could be the result of a strand of dry rot. I haven't seen any evidence of these strand structures in my rot, so I am fairly certain that I am safe, but would like a second opinion.
I have taken some pictures:
Top view of the floor boards
One of the floorboards pulled up and fliped over
under the floor
This is the rotten skirting board in the other room
As far as I can see I have a cuboidal brown rot, which could be dry rot.
Any suggestions....