Draughts in Sidmouth: moisture in timber
Moisture content and decay thresholds in Sidmouth. We take moisture readings at survey and show you them rather than describing them.
We take moisture readings at survey and show you them rather than describing them.
Timber decay is governed by moisture content. Below roughly twenty per cent, decay fungi cannot establish; above it, and with warmth and oxygen present, they can. Everything protective is about holding the material below that threshold.
Draughts Sidmouth: moisture in timber
A moisture meter turns opinion into a reading. Probing several points gives a map of where the material is wet and how far the wet zone extends, which is what decides splice repair versus wholesale replacement.
Moisture content and decay thresholds in Sidmouth
Timber decay is governed by moisture content. Below roughly twenty per cent, decay fungi cannot establish; above it, and with warmth and oxygen present, they can. Everything protective is about holding the material below that threshold.
End grain is where water gets in. Cut ends, joints and fixing holes absorb many times faster than a face does, which is why decay so often starts at the bottom of an upright and works upward rather than starting where the weather looks worst.
A moisture meter turns opinion into a reading. Probing several points gives a map of where the material is wet and how far the wet zone extends, which is what decides splice repair versus wholesale replacement.
moisture in timber decision path for Draughts in Sidmouth
End grain is where water gets in. Cut ends, joints and fixing holes absorb many times faster than a face does, which is why decay so often starts at the bottom of an upright and works upward rather than starting where the weather looks worst.
Draughts Sidmouth: moisture in timber
By reading the moisture content and probing for soundness across the section. Sound material with a localised wet zone is repairable; a section that has softened through is not.
Draughts Sidmouth: moisture in timber
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- By reading the moisture content and probing for soundness across the section. Sound material with a localised wet zone is repairable; a section that has softened through is not.
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