5.1 Moisture in Buildings – Biological Decay
Main contributors to Module 5 Andy Simmonds, Tim Martel (modelling), Dr Eric Rirsch (Safeguard Europe), Joseph Little, Tina Holt (editing). Many others have offered expert academic and experimental insight or shared valuable feedback from live retrofit projects. Note that dark blue text in this module denotes material used with permission from Joseph Little’s Tech 15 […]
Essential reading
- https://www.spab.org.uk/advice/wood-boring-insects
- http://www.buildingconservation.com/articles/eradication/eradication.htm
- ‘MOLD: CAUSE, EFFECT AND RESPONSE’. Please read up to and including page 21 http://www.aecb.net/knowledgebase/mold-cause-effect-response/
Suggested reading
- Further reading: article by Dr Jagjit Singh at http://www.buildingconservation.com/articles/envmon/timber_decay.htm
- A useful online beetle identification tool: http://idtools.org/id/wbb/families/index.htm accessed 05.11.15
- http://www.microbiologyonline.org.uk/about-microbiology/introducing-microbes/fungi accessed 05.11.15
- https://www.thenbs.com/nbsTV/studyNotes/313108FCM.pdf accessed 05.11.15
- http://static.safeguardeurope.com/pdfs/dry_rot_book.pdf page 5
- https://www.spab.org.uk/advice/timber-decaying-fungi
- http://www.buildingconservation.com/articles/envmon/timber_decay.htm