A FOURTH edition of the brochure on “Dry Rot in Wood” has been issued from the Forest Products Research, Laboratories, under the auspices of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (Bull.

IN these days when there is grave need of sound technical advice designed to decrease private and national waste, and when it is so desirable that the general public shall acquire confidence in the ...

DRY ROT, or serpula lacrymans, the fungus which attacks structural timber in buildings with dramatic - and very expensive - results is really not funny. 'Dry rot' seems a contradictory term ...

Dry rot due to the fungus Serpula lacrymans causes millions of dollars worth of damage to homes and buildings around the world. Now a comparative analysis involving Serpula lacrymans, the second brown ...

mical remedial treatments for timber decay and damp problems are an unnecessary, avoidable expense in the vast majority of cases, yet architects and other construction professionals continue to waste ...

Dr. Elizabeth Yuko is a bioethicist and adjunct professor of ethics at Fordham University. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, CNN & Playboy. If ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Black Mold vs. Wood Rot The differences between black mold and wood rot may seem minimal at first glance. Both occur on wood ...

US officials are set to confirm that dry rot was the primary cause of the Berkeley balcony collapse which catapulted six students to their deaths. One timber balcony beam was found to be so degraded ...