We've got dry rot under our stairs.

A company has been round and told us that all the floorboards in hall
will need replacing with treated floorboards. Plaster will need
replacing to height of 1 metre (up to Dado rail) by 3 metres wide. Two
air bricks will need installing.

The quote has come in at £3000 for a weeks work.

This seems fairly expensive considering the quote effectively covers

1) what the cost of floorboards are (hallway measures 2 metres by 6)
2) 2 people for 2 days to lay floorboards
3) install 2 airbricks (cover one exisitng air brick which is level
with pavement outside (this is where water has been coming into the
house)
4) the cost of a plasterer for a day and his material.
5) treating all new wood with dry rot prevention chemicals
6) finsihing work

Can anyone recommend any companies in North Manchester/Bury area which
deal in this type of work?

Regards

On 14 Jul 2003 12:30:24 -0700, (Steve Fisher)
wrote:

We've got dry rot under our stairs.

A company has been round and told us that all the floorboards in hall
will need replacing with treated floorboards. Plaster will need
replacing to height of 1 metre (up to Dado rail) by 3 metres wide. Two
air bricks will need installing.

The quote has come in at £3000 for a weeks work.

This seems fairly expensive considering the quote effectively covers

1) what the cost of floorboards are (hallway measures 2 metres by 6)
2) 2 people for 2 days to lay floorboards
3) install 2 airbricks (cover one exisitng air brick which is level
with pavement outside (this is where water has been coming into the
house)
4) the cost of a plasterer for a day and his material.
5) treating all new wood with dry rot prevention chemicals
6) finsihing work

Can anyone recommend any companies in North Manchester/Bury area which
deal in this type of work?

Regards

I'm no expert or even sure of this but if they are replacing the
woodwork that has rotted and fixing the problem causing it why treat
the new wood ? Or will any remaing traces of rot spread to the new
wood.

I'll do it all baring the plastering for a fiver. ;-)

Mark S.

On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 22:29:55 +0100, Mark
wrote:


I'm no expert or even sure of this but if they are replacing the
woodwork that has rotted and fixing the problem causing it why treat
the new wood ? Or will any remaing traces of rot spread to the new
wood.

I'll do it all baring the plastering for a fiver. ;-)

Mark S.


Strictly speaking it shouldn't be necessary because the conditions for
dry rot to establish and grow will have been removed - i.e. a moisture
source of the correct amount of moisture and lack of ventilation.

However, the common practice is to sterilise all surfaces and
materials with a suitable solution.

A litre of Cuprinol Dry Rot Killer is about £7, so in the context of
the cost of the job and what an outbreak can cost, it's pretty much a
no-brainer to use it on the new wood.

BTW. You're selling yourself too cheaply.... :-)




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On 14 Jul 2003 12:30:24 -0700, (Steve Fisher)
wrote:

We've got dry rot under our stairs.

A company has been round and told us that all the floorboards in hall
will need replacing with treated floorboards. Plaster will need
replacing to height of 1 metre (up to Dado rail) by 3 metres wide. Two
air bricks will need installing.

The quote has come in at £3000 for a weeks work.

This seems fairly expensive considering the quote effectively covers

1) what the cost of floorboards are (hallway measures 2 metres by 6)
2) 2 people for 2 days to lay floorboards
3) install 2 airbricks (cover one exisitng air brick which is level
with pavement outside (this is where water has been coming into the
house)
4) the cost of a plasterer for a day and his material.
5) treating all new wood with dry rot prevention chemicals
6) finsihing work

Can anyone recommend any companies in North Manchester/Bury area which
deal in this type of work?

Regards

I'm no expert or even sure of this but if they are replacing the
woodwork that has rotted and fixing the problem causing it why treat
the new wood ? Or will any remaing traces of rot spread to the new
wood.

I'll do it all baring the plastering for a fiver. ;-)

Mark S.


I had a dry rot afflicted floor replaced 30 years ago and they neither
removed the cause of the problem nor sterilised the brickwork and
surrounding timber. 10 years later it was back and I did it myself this
time, cut well back, burned and soaked the brickwork, everything according
to the text book and it's not returned.

Today I witnessed some carpenters, on bonus, replacing a nearby house floor
ruined with dry and wet rot. In their haste they removed the timber without
ceremony, treading on spores, no effort to sweep up infected debris. New
joists were rapidly installed on a 'that'll do' basis and floorboards thrown
down without any clamping up. Their attitude was that the new wood was
pressure treated and it would 'last long enough'....... . Not my idea of a
proper job, so be warned and watch the builders if you do place the
contract. IMHO it's better to go OTT when it comes to Dry Rot, rather than
regret it years later.

But £3 k does sound very expensive.............(and a fiver way too cheap).
I reckon about £1k would be fair if properly done, using round estimates for
your list of jobs and materials above.

BAH

Mark wrote in message . ..
On 14 Jul 2003 12:30:24 -0700, (Steve Fisher)
wrote:

We've got dry rot under our stairs.

A company has been round and told us that all the floorboards in hall
will need replacing with treated floorboards. Plaster will need
replacing to height of 1 metre (up to Dado rail) by 3 metres wide. Two
air bricks will need installing.

The quote has come in at £3000 for a weeks work.

This seems fairly expensive considering the quote effectively covers

1) what the cost of floorboards are (hallway measures 2 metres by 6)
2) 2 people for 2 days to lay floorboards
3) install 2 airbricks (cover one exisitng air brick which is level
with pavement outside (this is where water has been coming into the
house)
4) the cost of a plasterer for a day and his material.
5) treating all new wood with dry rot prevention chemicals
6) finsihing work

Can anyone recommend any companies in North Manchester/Bury area which
deal in this type of work?

Regards

I'm no expert or even sure of this but if they are replacing the
woodwork that has rotted and fixing the problem causing it why treat
the new wood ? Or will any remaing traces of rot spread to the new
wood.

I'll do it all baring the plastering for a fiver. ;-)

Mark S.

Does the £5 cover travelling expenses or are they additional.

Subject: Help needed redry rot.
From: (Steve Fisher)
Date: 14/07/03 20:30 GMT Daylight Time
Message-id:

We've got dry rot under our stairs.

A company has been round and told us that all the floorboards in hall
will need replacing with treated floorboards. Plaster will need
replacing to height of 1 metre (up to Dado rail) by 3 metres wide. Two
air bricks will need installing.

The quote has come in at £3000 for a weeks work.

This seems fairly expensive considering the quote effectively covers

1) what the cost of floorboards are (hallway measures 2 metres by 6)
2) 2 people for 2 days to lay floorboards
3) install 2 airbricks (cover one exisitng air brick which is level
with pavement outside (this is where water has been coming into the
house)
4) the cost of a plasterer for a day and his material.
5) treating all new wood with dry rot prevention chemicals
6) finsihing work

Chances are all you really need to do is find the source of the moisture that
causes the dry rot (a badly named thing if ever there was one), add some
ventilation, slap some dry rot killer around and let it all dry out. There may
be a leak from cracked render or a gutter or damp proof course letting moisture
in. If you have a washing machine under there that can cause all sorts of damp
and condensation problems. I have the same under my stairs from the washing
machine and its drain outlet. Replacing floorboards many metres away seems
total overkill IMO but then I haven't seen your house.

Dave Baker - Puma Race Engines (www.pumaracing.co.uk)
You find somebody to love in this world you'd better hang on tooth and nail -
the wolf is always at the door. (Don Henley - In A New York Minute)