Wet Rot, whilst typically not as difficult to eradicate as dry rot, can nevertheless cause severe damage within your property if allowed to go unchecked and is often a common cause of structural defects.  It is for this reason that it is important to recognise if you need wet rot treatment for your property. 

In order to grow, wet rot requires a regular source of moisture ingress, which can result from sources of defective plumbing, gutters, downpipes or stone pointing. The moisture together with the presence of wood can allow wet rot spores to germinate. It is therefore important to choose a specialist familiar with wet rot life cycles, who is qualified as a wet rot specialist and has good knowledge of all wet rot treatments.  If left to continue, the growth process of wet rot will remove the strength from the timber it encounters in a similar fashion to that of dry rot thus calling for immediate wet rot treatment to prevent spread.