Dry Rot Repair Sacramento

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Fix your dry-rot in Sacramento today and make something old new again to preserve its character and save money. Restore your dry-rotted shutters, window frames and other non-weight bearing surfaces by patching with a wooden block or forming three-dimensional reconstructions with polyester resin wood filler. Hydrex Pest Control Dry Rot Repair in Sacramento will Help!

The term is most commonly used in reference to the decay of building timbers. It refers to damage inflicted by either: Serpula lacrymans (formerly Merulius lacrymans) predominantly in the United Kingdom and northern Europe; and/or Meruliporia incrassata (which has a number of synonyms, including Poria incrassata and Serpula incrassata) in North America. Both species of fungus cause brown rot decay, preferentially removing cellulose and hemicellulose from the timber leaving a brittle matrix of modified lignin. Eventually the decay can cause instability and collapse in houses, wooden ships' hulls, and other wooden structures.
A cabinet entering dry rot

When applied to these fungi, the term is a somewhat misleading misnomer as both species require an elevated moisture content to initiate an attack on timber Once established, the fungi can remain active in timber with a moisture content of more than 30% in the same way as other timber decay fungi using the brown rot decay mechanism.

The perpetual saturation of wood with water inhibits dry rot, as does perpetual dryness. [citation Wiki.com]