Dry Rot Treatment and Woodworm Eradication
Dry rot control is very specialist work but help is at hand from Tapco HomeDry.com. We have been successfully eradicating outbreaks of Dry Rot in London, Surrey and the Home Counties since 1971.
We are qualified timber and damp surveyors (CRDS CTIS) in London, Surrey and the Home Counties and our operatives have many years of experience carrying out dry rot treatment and reinstatement work. We can carry out every aspect of the work from initial survey to conclusion and we will endeavour to complete the work as quickly and smoothly as possible.
The symptoms of the most insidious problem to affect your property.
Split and crumbling joinery timbers, collapsed flooring timbers, a fine red dust on furniture, mushroom type fungus growing and a strong smell of fungus when disturbed.
True Dry Rot Fungus is a major building decay fungus and can be one of the most insidious problems your property will ever have. It often causes extensive and very costly damage as it spreads from area to area looking for its food source (timber). Dry Rot is able to grow through bricks and mortar, carrying moisture through its strands, transporting it from damp areas and allowing the rapid spread of the fungi to other areas. Often, when you first discover you have dry rot, considerable and often costly damage has already occurred.
If you suspect you have a problem ‘don’t ignore it’ because the rapid spread of the attack can become very costly. You may have experienced a mushroom smell or find you are constantly wiping a reddish-brown dust from your furniture. You may also have noticed a fleshy, rust red pancake like fungus growing? If you have, this is the fruit-body, which produces profuse red spores, which are settling in your property, looking for the right conditions to spread the attack. You have have the symptoms of dry rot. Call Tapco Home Dry immediately.
Our qualified and experienced timber infestation surveyor and damp proofing surveyor (CTIS CRDS)) will establish the significance of the attack and determine, as far as is possible, what timbers are affected. He will locate the cause and the source of the attack and issue a detailed report on his findings together with our recommendations and estimate for carrying out all of the remedial treatment and reinstatement works.
The very urgent dry rot treatment and restoration work that is required
The cause of the water ingress indentified by our surveyor is rectified and the drying of the area is commenced. All of the affected timber is carefully removed and disposed of and plaster is removed to beyond the last visible sign of the attack. The area of the attack is then thoroughly cleaned and sterilized with fungicidal preservatives before replacing all of the affected timber with new pre-treated timber prior to replastering. Only the safest chemicals and preservatives from Sovereign Chemicals and Safeguard Europe are used to treat Dry Rot and you will be advised by us what precautions need to be taken.
We cannot stress enough the importance of dealing with this problem (Dry Rot) immediately because any delay could be very costly. It is possible that you may be covered for some of the remedial work by your house insurance but this could depend on you having a survey carried out by Tapco Home Dry and determining the cause of the attack. We have carried out many dry rot contracts for private clients and their insurance companies and if you prefer, we will deal directly with them for you.
The unwated guests (Woodworm) that are living in your home
There are three major species of wood boring insect that cause damage to the softwood timbers of buildings in the UK, Common Furniture Beetle (Anobium Punctatum) ‘Woodworm’, Wood Boring Weevil (Euophryum Confine) and House Longhorn Beetle (Hylotrupes Bajulus). These insects attack untreated roof and flooring timbers and can also attack your furniture and spread to other areas of your property. To avoid possible structural damage professional treatment is recommended without delay. We use only the safest of preservatives that allow you to carry on as normal only 1 hour after our treatment.
Tapco HomeDry.com’s dry rot remedial work and woodworm treatment is covered by our 20 Year Guarantee and protection by The Guarantee Protection Insurance (GPI) is available.
