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Keep That Wood Looking Good: How to Prevent Wood Rot

  • Perla Irish
  • July 28, 2019
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  1. How to Prevent Wood Rot
    1. Heat and Dampness
    2. Prevention Techniques
  2. Repairs and Maintenance
  3. Keep Your Home Standing Strong

Are you having trouble with wood rot? Do you want to know the secret to the solution?

When you own a home rotting wood is no joke. The bills can start to pile up and your sense of security can crash. Luckily, there’s a solution.

If you want to keep wood rot out of your home, keep reading for the right ways to fix this problem.

Keep That Wood Looking Good - How to Prevent Wood Rot
Keep That Wood Looking Good: How to Prevent Wood Rot

How to Prevent Wood Rot

Rotting wood is primarily caused by excess moisture. A build-up of water between cracks, joints, and painted areas can lead to deposits of fungus and much more. Before you try preventing wood rot, it’s good to know the causes.


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Heat and Dampness

Fungus loves to grow in warm and damp spots. In fact, look to a wood fungus to cause rot in your home. When you don’t use proper caulking techniques and dehumidification, fungi can start to eat away at a still healthy wood product.

This is your essential cause for wood rot, but things like poor home circulation and bad building techniques area another reason. Now let’s look at home to prevent wood rot from happening in the first place.

Prevention Techniques

You should start by keeping your home dry from wall to wall. You can achieve this by placing an assembly of fans in each room to get some air circulating. It’s even better to have windows and fans working in tandem.

It’s just as important to double-check any room that hasn’t been repainted in a while. Painting your walls and exposed wood will prevent water from entering and fungi from growing.

Some readers might have a hard time spotting rotting wood, see additional resources to find out more ways to detect wood rot.

Repairs and Maintenance

If you’re past the point of prevention, you might need to repair large portions of your house. Start by detecting rot and adding cures like wood rot epoxy and caulk. You may even want to repaint all exposed wood if you’re starting to discover rot.

It’s also a good idea to pick up a couple of buckets of polyester fillings. This will seal wood that’s been eaten away by fungi. If that doesn’t solve the issue, try contacting a specialist.

Finally, to ensure wood rot goes away for good, maintenance the areas you sealed every few months. Do this especially if you’ve just passed a rainy season.

Keep Your Home Standing Strong

Your home is where it all happens. To make sure everything stays together, you need to know the steps to prevent wood rot.

Let’s review.

Wood rot stems from fungi. All fungi adapt best to warm and wet environments. Your job is to make sure this organism doesn’t have a place to live.

If you don’t have much rot to deal with, work hard to keep your home dry. If you have a bigger problem, start introducing new coats of paint and fillers.

Your next step is simple. Start fortifying your home piece by piece. Your next job is to stay dedicated to researching ways to keep rot from happening.

Go out and learn more to keep your home standing strong!

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