There are several different beetle species which can cause serious damage to your home or business. They live in all kinds of timbers from roof to floors and even furniture. Infestations will not go away on their own and only get worse over time, so immediate guaranteed chemical treatment is recommended to protect your property.

Dry rot (Serpula Lacrymans) is an aggressive and destructive brown rot fungus which thrives behind walls and floor voids. It attacks timbers by feeding off the cellulose thereby breaking the structure down until the timber is brittle and has lost its structural integrity. Left unattended, this type of decay can spread through a building very quickly and can cause serious structural problems which will require a full and comprehensive survey and chemical and remedial treatment.

Wet rot is the term used for a number of different fungi which can attack timber, usually where there is a source of moisture caused by external and internal defects in a building. Unlike dry rot, the outbreak tends to be localised but nonetheless the affects can be just as destructive. Wet rot can be found anywhere in a property and should be attended to without delay using targeted guaranteed remedial treatments.

Dampness in buildings can amongst other things lead to serious fungal attack, ruin internal decoration and can also cause serious health issues. It can come in the form of penetrating damp where water enters the property from an external defect, rising damp where the moisture rises from the ground through the pore structure of the masonry affecting the inner plasterwork, and atmospheric dampness caused by the effects of condensation. It is important that the property is kept wind and watertight to help prevent this. Dampness, no matter which kind, will require guaranteed remedial works internally once the external defects have been rectified