SYMPTOMS OF DAMP |
SYMPTOMS OF DRY ROT |
| Damp Patches or tide marks of salts up or on wall |
Loss in strength, softening or disintegration of wood |
| Ruining Interior Decorating |
A hollow sound or similar change in note from larger members when struck with a hammer |
| Mould growth on or under wallpaper |
Discolouration of the wood , often in patches or streaks |
| Spalling gypsum based plaster |
Fungal mycelium, strands of fruit bodies |
| Popouts - cryptoefflorescence |
A distinctive 'mushroom smell |
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Presence of certain wood-boring insects which only colonise decayed wood |
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