Discovered a thick beam in my torpargrund that looks completely black. My first reaction was: "has there been a fire here?" The house is from the late 1800s and I thought that maybe once upon a time they simply used a "burned"/charred wood. For what reason they would do that, I have no idea. Never heard of it.
Didn't think more about it, until now. I read about dry rot and how it breaks down wood so that it looks like a grid pattern, like charred wood.
Does anyone know?
Does wood affected by dry rot become completely black, like soot?
I sincerely hope the wood is simply charred for another reason.
If it's dry rot, shouldn't there also be other more characteristic "mushrooms" visible on the beam, those awful brown ones?
Grateful for any response!
Didn't think more about it, until now. I read about dry rot and how it breaks down wood so that it looks like a grid pattern, like charred wood.
Does anyone know?
Does wood affected by dry rot become completely black, like soot?
I sincerely hope the wood is simply charred for another reason.
If it's dry rot, shouldn't there also be other more characteristic "mushrooms" visible on the beam, those awful brown ones?
Grateful for any response!
No, it doesn't turn black as soot, google for some pictures and you'll feel calmer;-)
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Here is a really knowledge-packed page to read: http://www.lfs-web.se/hussvamp.htm
Thank you Åsa!
I had read this:
"The wood cracks in a very characteristic square pattern and looks like charred wood due to the fungus's black-brown color."
I have also discovered completely rotten wood, for example around the glass porch, some boards on the facade, etc. The wood is so rotten that it can easily be crumbled by hand. Falls apart. But this might not necessarily be fungus? Are there forms of "rotten wood" that are simply rotten wood without fungal attack? Or is rotten wood/decayed wood specifically fungus?
I had read this:
"The wood cracks in a very characteristic square pattern and looks like charred wood due to the fungus's black-brown color."
I have also discovered completely rotten wood, for example around the glass porch, some boards on the facade, etc. The wood is so rotten that it can easily be crumbled by hand. Falls apart. But this might not necessarily be fungus? Are there forms of "rotten wood" that are simply rotten wood without fungal attack? Or is rotten wood/decayed wood specifically fungus?
