SANTA ROSA — Dry rot isn’t something most homeowners think about, but by the time you notice it in your home, you’ll wish you had. Dry rot damage can be extremely detrimental to a home’s structure and the removal and subsequent repairs can be very costly, which is why dry rot prevention is one of the most important things you can do to protect your home.
First and second causes 
The main instigator of any dry rot infestation is latent moisture, but there are numerous secondary causes that contribute to its development. One the most common is poor construction. When building a new home, some inexperienced contractors neglect to adequately prime and seal the edges of the siding panels. These structural lapses allow moisture to enter, which creates an ideal environment for dry rot to take root.
Remove, repair, replace 
Before taking preventative measures, it’s vital to remove any existing dry rot. This means locating all the problem areas in and around your home to ensure a complete eradication. Since dry rot is so detrimental to a home’s structure, removal often involves repairing and replacing things such as siding and window frames.
Prevention 
Once you have thoroughly removed every trace of dry rot and made the necessary repairs, it’s time to take preventative measures. The best prevention against dry rot is impermeability, so thoroughly prime and seal every gap and joint on your home’s exterior where moisture can penetrate. Before putting up new siding, make sure your panels are primed on all the edges, front and back. Be sure to use a high-quality caulking material for sealing. Don’t be fooled by gimmicks that attest to the longevity of a less expensive product—when it comes to protecting your home, only the best is good enough. By spending a little extra time and money on prevention, you can ensure your home will be safeguarded from dry rot.

How to Prevent and Repair Dry Rot

by Greg Kuzmicki, a Diamond Certified Expert Contributor

Video: Identifying and Treating Dry Rot

repairing dry rot can be costly So today
we're in Santa Rosa with diamond
certified expert contributor Greg kmii
of solidarity painting to learn about
how you can repair and prevent dry rot
dry rot on a home is something you don't
really think about but by the time you
notice it it can get very
costly when new home builders build
homes they don't back Prime the edges or
the sides of the panels so you have a
lot of water absorption which causes dry
down the road you can see the example on
here this is a bay
window and you can see how the water got
absorbed into the siding and caused a
lot of damage so here's one more really
good example how the siding was not
properly installed it was never sealed
it was never primed so when you have raw
wood again G going over raw wood and the
cocking breaks down the water just
absorbs and causes dry
Rod so before you put up new siding you
want to make sure that your panels are
primed on all the edges the front and
back this will prevent this from
happening we pull this away out of a
chimney this was the bottom of the
chimney you can see how it's all
disintegrated so once again very
important important to locate all the
problem areas on your home number two
remove all the dry Rod number three
prime all the edges on new siding backs
everything really really good and then
use a really good high quality cocking
material here's an example of what you
don't want to use even though it says 25
year 35 50 year it don't make any
difference it's all marketing you do
want to use something like this it's
side Winder even though it's made by the
same brand DB this is a a very Superior
product and also this one here it's
called lifetime from GE it's a urethane
based very high quality cocky
material thank you to our Diamond
certified expert contributor great kmii
of solidarity painting I'm Sarah
Routan

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