Yeah, it has gone too far for me to do it really (plus I'm not exactly a DIY guru ;) :D ) - joists are shot and the floor is going in that corner. It is actually fairly well contained, but as such it has hit the area pretty bad where it has set in.

I dont have any piccies of the carpet and floor up - that shows the real damage - I dont really want to mess about with it too much, so I dont disturb it.

It only took a matter of days (well, probably getting on for two weeks) for the dry rot to really mess up the skirting. I first noticed this:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p463d2fa0f0ac64e850fe5bd905eae582/fb8aad21.jpg


....and as I said, not long later it looked like the pics in the first post. Now it looks a bot more contorted.

Its really the management company that are getting on my tits, not the dry rot itself. They have done sweet FA despite countless phone calls, emails etc.... (hence why the solicitor is 'loaded and ready to go') .... Ive had to get a couple of people in to have a look at it myself and get some quotes, but really just to assess the problem (it should be the management co. that are doing this images/smilies/mad.gif )

Anyway, I better stop now otherwise I will go into even more of a rant than I have done already! :)

[Edited by JohnMcC - 8/2/2003 10:21:44 PM]

I have dry rot :(

I know this isnt a DIY job but I was hoping some of you could give me some info.

Unfortunately, I live in a leasehold flat, and the property management peeps are dragging their butt (a little research has uncovered the fact that they are infamous - prosecutions, tribunals and even a mention in some kind of House of Commons debate! :eek: )

Anyway I pretty much know the implications and procedures from a building/structural point of view, but I was just wondering if somebody could tell me the health implications to myself due to living in such conditions.

Unfortunately, due to how crap these people are (I'm talking very very bad here - have done one job in 2 years, despite a list of problems as long as your arm :( ) the solicitor is on board and ready to go. Just wondered how ill I am gonna end up getting if they take much longer to do anything, what with all the spores and everything. :(

BTW, the dry rot is in my bedroom!!

A couple of pictures for you:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p0015927b23bcf811909180941b5e4444/fb8aac4c.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/pc1c38448d34eee752343857abf9dff08/fb8aab98.jpg

I've had dry rot a few times and it can be a DIY job as long as you know what your doing and it hasn't gone too far ie. the loft, roof joists etc.

I'm no expert but you have to knock all the plaster off till your back to the brick so to speak at least 6ft or so past the last spore that you can see, remove any wood in this area, drill holes about a ft apart in all directions in between the bricks then inject the dry rot fluid and soak the walls, sorry if i've not explained this very well but i've watched a few guys treat dry rot and they have all done the same thing.

As far as i know the spores are not that harmful unless it's a serious case and to be honest from the pics you have posted yours look serious, maybe someone else here can give you more help.