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Dry rot in firewood?


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Some of the wood I bring into my house has partially rotted away due to dry rot (I am assuming that is what it is). The firewood is dry, usually 17% or below and has been kept under cover for 12 months or more.

 

What I want to know is am I fetching masses of dry rot spores into my house and risking causing dry rot, or is there so much dry rot spores floating about and if the conditions are right it will occur anyway?

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These spores are around us all the time.

Bringing an extra couple of million into the house doesn't make any difference.

The trick is not to allow the conditions (damp mainly, despite the name )

which encourage them to live.

 

Same idea with woodworm, if they want in, they'll fly in.

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