Timber Treatment in Poole
Where damp has already reached the structure. Surveyed and carried out by our own Dorset-based teams, with a written report and a 25-year insured workmanship guarantee.
Covering Dorset · Hampshire · Wiltshire
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Timber Treatment written for Poole building stock
Old Town and Hamworthy include pre-Victorian and Georgian stock with cellars and solid walls. Parkstone and Branksome are principally 1900–1939 brick with suspended floors. Canford Heath and Creekmoor bring 1970s–80s cavity construction where condensation and cavity fill problems dominate.
Damp that has been present long enough stops being a decorating problem and becomes a structural one. Joist ends bearing into wet walls, bressummers over bay windows, cellar head timbers and suspended ground floors are the places we find serious decay most often.
Local faults that lead to this work
- 01
High water table near the harbour
Cellars and low ground floors in Old Town and Hamworthy see seasonal ground water rather than simple rising damp.
- 02
Salt exposure on harbour elevations
Airborne salt keeps masonry hygroscopically damp and makes plaster fail repeatedly without a retardant system.
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Cavity fill on exposed walls
Retrofitted cavity insulation on Branksome and Canford Heath elevations has bridged in a number of properties we have surveyed.
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Extension junction leaks
Rear extensions added to older houses commonly leak at the abutment where a cavity tray was never fitted.
Scope of timber treatment works
Your quotation lists only what your property actually needs.
- Structural timber inspection and probing
- Joist end, bearer and plate replacement
- Fungicidal and insecticidal treatments
- Sub-floor ventilation and airbrick reinstatement
- Concrete and steel structural support where required
- Floor relaying and reinstatement
Timber Treatment in Poole — answered
More urgent than wet rot. Dry rot can travel through masonry and behind plaster to find new timber, so a small visible outbreak may already have colonised joists in the next room. It should be investigated promptly.
No. We lift enough boards to establish extent and reach the affected members, and we relay them. Full relaying is only specified where the decking itself has gone.
Not always. Where the moisture source is removed and the decay is wet rot, replacement plus drying may be sufficient. Dry rot and active woodworm normally do require treatment.
Free timber treatment survey in Poole
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Dorset · Hampshire · Wiltshire