Broken cubes

A broken cube is a damage pattern in wood .

The destruction of parts of the wood structure after drying causes longitudinal and transverse cracks in the wood, creating a typical image. The edge length of the “cubes” ranges from a few millimeters to several centimeters, depending on the cause; However, the dimensions of the cubes alone do not allow any reliable conclusions to be drawn about the cause.

The damage caused by the broken cube arises at

• Brown rot , caused by fungal attack, e.g. B.
  • different tree mushrooms
  • Brown cellar sponge
  • Wavy brown rot tramete
  • Birkenporling
  • Real dry rot
  • Gloeophyllum Trabeum , neolentinus lepideus , Tannenblättling , gloeophyllum sepiarium
• Mold rot

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  Cube breakage in case of brown rot caused by the real dry rot

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  Cube breakage in case of mold rot

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  Brown cellar sponge

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  White pore sponge

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  Real dry rot has attacked a roof structure

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  Brown rot on oak

Sources and Notes

1. ↑ See Dieckmann et al .: Practical Handbook Pollutants. ISBN 3839173205 . Page 222

Web links

• Decomposition of wood by wood-destroying fungi (accessed on August 6, 2018)
• Decomposition of wood by house rot - fungi - appearance (accessed on August 6, 2018)
• Rot fungi and structural wood protection (accessed on August 6, 2018)
• Organisms that destroy wood in buildings (accessed August 6, 2018)
• FIGHTING WOOD PROTECTION & RENOVATION (accessed on August 6, 2018)