[VAC] Re: "Dry Rot"

[Dan Weeks <theprofileco@xxxxxxx>]

Technically, there is no such thing as dry rot. Rot is caused by the wood
being moist enough so that various organisms can grow in it that decompose
the wood. If the rotted wood dries out again, the decomposed wood is left,
and some call this condition "dry rot." Rot is rot, and the amount of
structural damage just depends how far the decomposition has progressed, and
that's pretty hard to determine from a photo. You really need to show up
with an ice pick and see how far into the wood you can penetrate with it in
various places. While most of my floor was sound, I could poke my bare thumb
through in one spot under the water pump. In other areas around the door,
the top of the ply had started to decompose, but the lower plys were solid.
You really can't tell till you start jabbing.

Dan Weeks
75 Argosy 26