Timber Treatment in Salisbury
Where damp has already reached the structure. Surveyed and carried out by our own Wiltshire-based teams, with a written report and a 25-year insured workmanship guarantee.
Covering Dorset · Hampshire · Wiltshire
Book a Salisbury survey
1/3Takes under a minute. A qualified surveyor attends — never a salesperson.
No obligation, no sales visit. Your details are used only to arrange the survey.
Timber Treatment written for Salisbury building stock
The centre is medieval timber frame, Georgian brick and Victorian infill, with lime mortars and low floor levels. Outer areas such as Bemerton Heath and Old Sarum are twentieth-century cavity construction where condensation is the main issue.
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
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High river water table
Central properties near the Avon and Nadder see seasonal ground water at the base of walls and in cellars.
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Timber frame sole plate decay
Frames bearing directly onto damp masonry or below external ground level develop wet and dry rot.
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Cement pointing on historic brick
Hard mortar forces moisture through the softer brick face, causing spalling and internal damp.
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Listed building constraints
Consent requirements rule out many standard specifications — we work to what is permissible and effective.
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 Salisbury — 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 Salisbury
A qualified surveyor attends, tests properly and writes it down. No obligation, no sales visit, no charge.
Dorset · Hampshire · Wiltshire