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Why book dry rot treatment services through Airtasker?
Dry rot is a major problem to deal with for your home and one that needs urgent action that you can quickly get via Airtasker. Before the dry rot even spreads, you can quickly put up a task on our platform and have Taskers send you offers to take on the job. It just might save you lots more on wood rot repairs by just being able to ask for help faster.
Once your post is up, Taskers will make offers to do your task based on the details you’ve sent in the listing. From there, you can negotiate and have a Tasker look at the problem in more detail to come to more agreeable terms. No need to browse through classifieds as you only need to wait for offers!
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Top Dry Rot Treatment related questions
Both dry rot and wet rot are fungal problems that affect the structural integrity of your home. Still, dry rot takes it to another level by latching onto other materials like metals and brickwork in search of more timber to destroy. This problem should not be taken lightly so that a professional dry rot treatment would be in your best interest.
Dry rot typically attacks timber, but it may also affect brickwork if you just let it grow and expand. Dry rot will go anywhere where there’s moisture, so it’s not surprising that, say, damp bricks will become a good growing ground for dry rot to occur. If left untreated, affected items will lose their structural integrity and become brittle, ending with pulverized material.
You can, but it’s still best to have someone skilled and experienced do dry rot treatment for you. That’s the beauty of Airtasker: it makes it easy for you to connect with professionals who can do a much better job at these maintenance and repair measures. This is precisely the kind of work that needs the touch of a pro.
There are clear signs when dry rot is already starting to affect your home. Look for cracks in wood, shrinking or darkening of wood surfaces, rust-red-coloured spots called spores, and damp odour akin to mushrooms. If you suspect that your home is already affected by dry rot, have a Tasker check on it and treat the problem.
This depends on a few factors, such as how much of your home needs dry rot treatment. It would also depend on what kind of dry rot treatment you’d prefer for these damaged areas. We typically recommend going for a total replacement then treatment of the affected area, but there are cheaper options. You may discuss this with your Tasker to better manage expectations.
You may opt to go for this route should you wish. Some home remedies for dry rot include baking soda, hydrogen peroxide, vinegar, and even commercial fungicides. However, results from home remedies would pale in comparison to a professional treatment done by a Tasker. Take out the guesswork and the hassle and put up a task to have more qualified pros do the treatment for you!
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What do dry rot treatment services include?
Dry rot is a severe problem that needs urgent treatment from Taskers booked quick and easy via Airtasker! There is nothing more painful than to see the home you’ve grown up in suffer from wood rot damage. Be it with furniture, timber flooring, or the home’s actual structure, having it treated professionally will work wonders and give them another lease on life. Here is what typically goes on in professional wood rot treatments made by dry rot specialists:
Site assessment and related pre-work
Dry rot wood treatment and wet rot wood treatment fall under similar processes. These sorts of issues are not easy to detect, and having a clearer picture of what’s going on would make the next steps much more pointed. For all you know, it might be a termite issue requiring urgent solutions. From here, a Tasker will recommend certain materials and consumables which would be included in your final bill. Taskers would usually recommend going for an outright replacement then preventive treatment as it would ensure that the problem area would no longer cause any trouble.
Replacement of target areas
The best solution in fixing dry rot wood is not letting affected areas cause more damage across the structure. It is therefore recommended to fully replace the affected area: from timber to brickwork, even steel. While this may take longer than just scraping off the rot and treating it right there and then, that would be no different to a band-aid solution that would still end up getting worse eventually. With an outright replacement, you start with a clean slate and have substantially more time until the next dry or wet rot treatment becomes necessary. No need to worry about, say, immediate rain rot treatments.
Preventive treatment
Once the fresh installation has been made, it’s time to apply the preventive treatment. Fungal rot, be it wet or dry, is primarily caused by moisture which the fungi thrive on. It creates an environment where they can expand, eventually eating up your timber and other structural necessities. With the proper treatment, you can prevent moisture from building up, thereby discouraging fungal growth in your home. You could say this could help maintain a clean home since fungal growth at home may also pose health risks.
Recent Dry Rot Treatment tasks
Dry rot in door step
£300
Totteridge, Greater London
13th Jan 2022
front door step dry rot replacement and internal window seat repair - Due date: Flexible
