while dry rot can occur from a variety of circumstances the majority of instances are fully preventable today we're in santa clara with diamond certified expert contributor Elin Segura of Segura proclaiming to learn more there are a few reasons for dry rot there are reasons of maintenance and reasons of failure in installation maintenance is the biggest issue a lot of people try to save some money on maintenance such as painting or decoding or deck sealant and don't paint as often the house or deciding the the trim and what happened is that when wood is not painted its exposed to the elements such as heat cold water etc when the wood is exposed to heat and cold it expands and contracts and create let's call it like cracks so when water goes in between the cracks it caused for the wood to be soft and over time to dry rot if we are painting the wood very frequently every five to six years which is recommended by manufacturer then at that point we preventing and prolonging the dry rot to occur in the wood if people will take the time and the budget to maintain the house and the decks the house will last longer they're siding will last longer the deck will last longer and eventually it will save a lot of money in major repairs to learn more from local top rated companies visit our diamond certified expert reports at experts diamond certified org