The durability of wood is not in doubt, provided that it is properly maintained, which is able to qualitatively protect natural material from various damages. Being a natural material, wood occupies one of the important roles in the cycle of food elements and is an important element of the biocenosis. In this regard, the main damaging agents of wood are full members of the food cycle, which continue to fulfill their roles as natural participants in the natural community.

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1. Fungus is the main cause of rotting the floor. Fungal Risk Factors  video
2. Measures to prevent the spread of fungus
3. Structural measures to protect the floor
4. Physical and chemical methods of combating rotting of a wooden floor

Fungus is the main cause of rotting the floor. Fungal Risk Factors

Products of rotting wood are compounds of an organic nature, the formation of which helps to reduce the hardness and density of the material tens of times. To prevent a decrease in the quality of the material, it is necessary to familiarize yourself with the factors that increase the risk of developing fungi, which are the main damaging agent of wood.

Among the fundamental ones, one can distinguish:

1. The formation of condensate on the surface of wood products;

2. Excessive moisture;

3. Freezing;

4. Defective air circulating.

Like any natural material, wood is naturally resistant to these factors, but the innate immunity of lumber is not always able to withstand the onset of a whole range of destructive mechanisms that, in one way or another, contribute to the appearance of fungus and various types of mold. In this case, the acquired stability of wood comes to the rescue, which is a complex of urgent physical, mechanical and chemical measures that increase the performance of lumber.

Given this, it is necessary to organize a set of measures that reduce the degree of impact of these damaging mechanisms, which will prevent rotting of the wood floor in a private house.

Measures to prevent the spread of fungus

All organizational measures for the protection of wood can be divided into:

1. Structural, providing for the organization of structures of varying complexity, ensuring the absolute exclusion or limitation of the destruction of lumber by biological agents;

2. Preventive, which are used for intact wood for preventive purposes;

All measures to prevent the spread of fungus on the wooden floor are divided into physical and chemical protective measures.

1. Physical methods include applying a variety of coatings that prevent the destruction of wood, the main of which are the use of various protective coatings (for example, moisture-proof coatings with antiseptic properties) and sterilization of wood, implying its processing by physical and physico-chemical means;

2. Chemical protection involves the use of chemicals to treat a wooden floor.

Structural measures to protect the floor

So, what needs to be taken care of to ensure the durability of the wooden floor? It is worth noting that certain measures must be carried out before the start of construction work, namely, it is necessary to provide a certain level of humidity of lumber in a timely manner. The humidity of the wood during the arrangement of the wooden floor should not exceed 20%, and if it does not meet the norm, the wood must be dried thoroughly.

Early wood protection measures also include limiting the contact of the wooden floor with groundwater. This is ensured through the construction of a high-quality drainage system and the organization of a drain that meets all projection requirements. It is also worth mentioning the arrangement of proper ventilation, which also guards your wooden floor around the clock.

If the above measures cannot cope with the increased level of humidity in the room, and the fungus on the wooden floor continues to interfere with your comfortable existence, it's time to think about a set of measures for high-quality waterproofing of the floor and the room as a whole.

Chemical and physical methods of combating rotting of a wooden floor

All previously considered measures can be attributed to structural measures to combat the decay of a wooden floor. But the prevention of the spread of fungus is not limited only by design features and is often used in combination with chemical methods of control, which consist in the use of protective and decorative compositions, among which there are three groups of chemicals:

1. Protective decorative coatings that are able to provide protection from damaging factors and at the same time create a decorative film that significantly improves the aesthetic properties of the painted surface. This decorative film, which includes wax materials, unlike paint is characterized by a smaller thickness, which does not prevent it from providing high-quality protection of the wooden floor in a private house from drip moisture. All these advantages are combined with the formation of a vapor-permeable coating, which provides the wood with a high level of ventilation, which helps to remove excess moisture;

2. Impregnations, which are transparent liquids that provide high-quality protection of wood from various biological attacks, including insects and fungus. Unlike protective and decorative compositions, impregnations provide direct protection of the wooden coating from biological agents, due to the fact that the impregnations are made on the basis of antiseptic compositions;

3. Actually antiseptics represented by solutions of fungicides, salts and other chemicals. It should be noted that antiseptics are toxic substances, and their application should be associated with the subsequent use of coatings.

Thus, guided by the materials of this article, you will be able to provide full protection of the wooden floor, and from now on you will stop thinking about how to protect the wooden floor from damaging biological agents.

Author: Sergey and Svetlana Khuentsov

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