Q: I bought a house in Paradise (Butte County) that had been neglected. Please help me with a gutter problem. It seems the gutters were attached directly to the ends of the roof rafters. There is no ...

Q My husband says we have to rip out one of our bathrooms because he sees dry rot around the tub. I am hoping there is a simpler, less expensive solution. How do we isolate the problem, and what is ...

A leaking caulk joint in a shower can cause wood rot. Leaks around a toilet commonly cause rot in wood subfloors and joists below. Roof leaks and dryer or bath-fan exhaust in attics can rot out roof ...

Wood rot is a sibling to mold growth. Mold growth requires but three things: a food source, mold spores and water. Those three things are almost always available in and outside your home.

Termite damage is due to insects, while wood rot is caused by fungus or water. Knowing the difference between termite damage and wood rot is vital to preventing and treating them. It's easy to confuse ...

It seems like I have been starting a lot of articles and conversations with “all the rain we have been having …” and then we talk about bugs, mildew and rotted wood. But rotted wood doesn’t happen ...

More than £50,000 is to be spent fixing dry rot in an iconic Stewartry building. Members of the council’s economy and resources committee heard about the problem in Castle Douglas clock tower at their ...