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ladylotusflower

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damp window sill
Sep 7^th, 2008, 3:01pm

Hi I hope you can help me ?! The window sill outside my bathroom has become wet and this has gradulally spread. I have just got rid of most of the wet wood by digging it out with a chisel, but this goes down to about one and a half inches below the original surface level. Some of the wood was dark and wet ...but some was also pale golden and very flaky ...almost crumbling to a powder between the fingers. Does this sound like wet rot ...and dry rot ? .. there is no fungus, or threads etc.

My plan was to let it dry out , fill it and then re paint it. Should I treat the wood first for wet/dry rot ...and how do I know for defi nite if it is either ?What would you advise?
thanks alot
Carolyn

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Reply #1 - Sep 7^th, 2008, 6:09pm

Hi Carolyn, sounds like the wood has been wet, rotted then dried out leaving it pale and crumbly. "Dry rot" is a bit of a misleading term as the fungus needs high levels of moisture to flourish.

You need to cut out all the soft and wet timber, give it a good soaking in wood treatment, let it dry then fill using a two part filler.

It would also be a good idea to see if there is any obvious reason why the wood has got so wet, is the mastic missing for instance?

Keith

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Reply #3 - Sep 8^th, 2008, 1:36am

Thanks Keith,
I will have a go ! I know WHY it is wet ...it's my bathroom window and the way i designed my bathroom it has a sunken bath/shower...its all lined with slate tiles and water from the shower falls onto the window! i do wipe it down inside and outside every time it's used ...and it's taken 10 years to get like this ...but obviously a little bit of water is finding it's way down somehow. i also think there might be a gap between the concrete lintel and brickwork ...so rain may also be getting in from there.
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ladylotusflower GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 109 For This Post: 0	Re: damp window sill Reply #4 - Sep 8^th, 2008, 1:38am ...oh and yes the problem area is on the outside
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