Construction risks and remedies: timber decay
Construction risks and remedies: timber decay
- 1986
- Architects` Journal 184(14) 8 October 1986, 57-65(6) .
Part 1 of this two-part article looks at the causes of timber decay: fungi , insect attack and weathering and then analyses the typical construction defects that encourage decay. Part 2 examines various timber preservation treatments, highlighting health and safety aspects and how decay by woodborer attack, wet rot and dry rot can be remedied. Outlines Building Regulations and NHBC requirements for timber preservation. Tables.
Part 1 of this two-part article looks at the causes of timber decay: fungi , insect attack and weathering and then analyses the typical construction defects that encourage decay. Part 2 examines various timber preservation treatments, highlighting health and safety aspects and how decay by woodborer attack, wet rot and dry rot can be remedied. Outlines Building Regulations and NHBC requirements for timber preservation. Tables.