Wet rot (wood protection)

Wet rot is a form of wood rot . It describes a rot in built-up or stored wood caused by wood-destroying fungi.

The term is used in particular to prevent damage caused by wet rot fungi such. B. brown cellar sponge or white pore sponge compared to the real dry rot, since the latter u. a. Due to its lower demand on wood moisture, it occupies a special position with regard to the risk to wooden structures and the necessary renovation costs. However, the term “wet rot” is controversial, as any infestation by wood-destroying fungi (including real dry rot) usually requires increased wood moisture (above the fiber saturation range ). The term “ dry rot ”, which used to be used as a contrast, is therefore misleading and should no longer be used.

Wet rot can occur in the form of brown rot , soft rot or white rot . The measures necessary from a wood protection point of view for the restoration of structural damage caused by wet rot fungi or the real dry rot are regulated in Germany in DIN 68800 T.4.

literature

Tobias Huckfeldt, Olaf Schmidt: House rot and timber fungi. Verlag Rudolf Müller, Cologne 2006, ISBN 3-481-02142-9 , 377 pp.
Dietger Grosser: Plant and animal construction and timber pests. DRW-Verlag, Leinfelden-Echterdingen (1985); ISBN 3-87181-312-5 , 159 pp.
Klaus Kempe: Wood pests. 3. edit u. exp. Edition, Verlag Bauwesen, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-345-00827-0
Hans-Peter Sutter: Recognizing and combating wood pests on cultural assets. 4th edition, Haupt Verlag, Bern 2002, ISBN 3-258-06443-1