We all know what happens when lumber stays wet for long periods of time in a poorly-ventilated area. The inside of the wood breaks down and turns to mush. The technical term is dry rot, and it's ...

Dr. Elizabeth Yuko is a bioethicist and adjunct professor of ethics at Fordham University. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, CNN & Playboy. If ...

Do you have wood rot happening at your home? It’s a very common problem, and it’s getting worse each year, in my opinion, because new lumber is more susceptible to rot, and many tradespeople are not ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Unlike the organic fungus that eats away at wood and organic materials, tire dry rot is a chemical breakdown that manifests as ...

Dry rot due to the fungus Serpula lacrymans causes millions of dollars worth of damage to homes and buildings around the world. Now a comparative analysis involving Serpula lacrymans, the second brown ...

Our wet El Nino winter has eased our water shortage and made everything green, but in the process, moisture may have found some weak spots in your home. That’s where Public Enemy #1 is waiting — dry ...

Q: Our house turns 100 this year. We have some dry rot on the exterior of the wooden window frames and windowsill. Does one dig it out and fill with a special concrete? What are the options and what ...

Water seeping into the horizontal beams supporting a balcony could have caused dry rot, contributing to a balcony collapse that killed six people in Berkeley, engineers who visited the scene said ...

Unlike the organic fungus that eats away at wood and organic materials, tire dry rot is a chemical breakdown that manifests as cracks, discoloration, and fissure marks on a tire's sidewalls and treads ...