Timber Preservation & Treatment

Timber

Timber Preservation & Treatment

Timber treatment deals with wet rot and insect risk in joists and skirtings of UK houses that have stayed damp. The moisture path is closed first, then the timber that can be saved is treated. A new board on a wet wall is not the job. Request a quote with the form or WhatsApp.

Timber fails when it stays wet. We treat the moisture first, then the timber that has already been damaged.

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Symptoms

What people notice first

Soft, dark or cubically cracked skirting and joist ends

A mushroom smell at floor level next to a damp wall

Flight holes in timber that is already wet

Lintels and wall plates beside a long-term damp patch

What's included

Joist, skirting and lintel checks where damp is present
Moisture readings in the adjacent masonry
Treatment of decayed timber that can be saved
Replacement flagged where the section has gone
The damp path dealt with so new timber stays dry

What this visit does not do

We do not spray dry, sound timber as a precaution
Where the section of a joist or lintel has gone, replacement is a carpenter or an engineer, and we say so
Insect treatment on timber that stays wet does not hold

Method

How the visit runs

The masonry next to the timber is metered. Wet rot is a moisture problem first. Timber that still has a sound section is treated once the wall is drying. Timber that has lost its section is marked for replacement, and the damp path is stopped so the new piece stays dry.

1

Investigate first

We map the stain, take moisture readings, check salts where plaster has blown, and look outside at ground levels, gutters, pointing and the damp proof course line. The damp type is written down before any treatment.

2

Treat the path that is wet

Rising damp, rainwater, condensation, a bridged cavity or a wet cellar each get the repair that closes that path. A damp proof course is used only where groundwater is the cause.

3

Leave a record and a drying time

You get a treatment record and the guarantee that applies to the system installed. Plaster and paint wait until the readings say the wall is ready. Decorating a wet wall brings the mark back.

4

What changes the price

Cost follows how much timber is affected, access under floors, and whether structural replacement is needed.

5

After the visit

Do not box in wet joists. Keep the wall dry. New skirting goes on after the plaster line is sorted, not over salt-laden plaster.

6

What fails if this is skipped

Dry timber does not continue to rot. Timber left against a bridged wall rots again, treatment or not.

A woodworm spray on painted, damp skirting does not reach the wet end built into the wall, and it ignores the damp.

FAQ

Questions

These are the questions for this job. Wider damp questions sit on the FAQ page.

All FAQs

Wet rot is soft, darkened, cracked wood in timber that has stayed damp. Woodworm is insect damage, and it is often in timber that was damp enough for the insect. We look at both, and we do not sell an insect treatment for wet rot.

No. If enough sound section remains, the piece can stay once it is dry. If the end has gone, it is a replacement, not a spray.

Only the skirting that is still sound. Salt-damaged and soft skirting comes off. A new one is fitted when the wall treatment says the plaster line is ready.

After the treatment has dried as the product requires, and after the wall itself is ready for decoration. The record states that interval.

Expert Damp Surveys & Diagnosis

Rising Damp Specialist Treatment

Penetrating Damp Solutions

Condensation Management Systems

Coverage

Areas we cover

The same survey runs in these counties, and across the rest of the UK.

Greater London Greater Manchester Kent Devon Cardiff Edinburgh

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Next step

Your building, diagnosed before it is treated.

Wet rot and insect risk in timbers that have been kept damp.

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Timber Preservation & Treatment