Coastal damage in Saltash: moisture in timber
Moisture content and decay thresholds in Saltash. 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.
Coastal damage Saltash: 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.
Moisture content and decay thresholds in Saltash
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 Coastal damage in Saltash
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.
Coastal damage Saltash: 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.
Coastal damage Saltash: moisture in timber
- Coastal damage in Saltash: How do you decide between repairing and replacing timber? — what matters for Victorian terraces near the river?
- 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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