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I recently noticed we had a leak (dark patches appearing on the surface of our solid wood floor).
At the weekend I hacked a few holes in the wall near the signs of the leak and it turns out a foul downpipe from the bathroom (boxed in after an extension was built) had a hole drilled in it (it looks like the fitter of the skirting drilled too deep) and the water was running along the concrete floor in the area.
Anyway I have now fixed the leak but want to do something about the damp wood if I can - it is typical soft wood frame for a plasterboard finish (the floor under is concrete so no worries about floorboards and joists) so I was thinking about painting liberally with some wood preservative I have for my shed - it is organic freerange healthy stuff - would this be okay or should I try to minimise any potential rotting with anything else? I REALLY don't fancy hacking it all off and replacing it.
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Dry it out and use ordinary paint. Getting it dry is the key.
Getting it dry is the key.
Yeah - I will leave the inspection holes (that I cut out to get to it) there for a while so it can dry out nicely.
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Does exactly what it says on the tin.
I've used it on some wood that had been wet for a while and started rotting. But if yours has just been damp then drying it out properly should pre-empt any problems.
But if yours has just been damp...
Difficult to tell just how wet it had become but 2.5 years of a constant leak every time we use the bathroom meant it will have got pretty wet I think - but I think I need to leave it a few days to see how quickly it starts to dry.
That looks a good suggestion though - thanks.