Dry rot in firewood?

[Peasgood]

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?

[Farmer Tom]

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.

[Peasgood]

That is what I thought, thanks.

[se7enthdevil]

never understood why it's called dry rot.

 

don't think you need to worry as any rot will only take place in damp conditions and presuming that these aren't present in your house then you should be ok.

[Peasgood]

never understood why it's called dry rot.

 

don't think you need to worry as any rot will only take place in damp conditions and presuming that these aren't present in your house then you should be ok.

 

Because the rotten wood is dry and crumbly?

[se7enthdevil]

so it's no longer rotting. i see.

[Peasgood]

Well, because it is dry I'd say

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

dry rot fungus of homes, seprula lacramans will not be found in your wood pile, if your LUCKY you might find the wild serpula the S. himantoides in the wood pile

[Peasgood]

You wouldn't know what you might find in my woodpile.

There is definitely something dead in there, and I'm thinking mammal of some sort.

From the smell my guess would be approximately horse sized!

[Farmer Tom]

Time to count the groundies?