There are other clues that the wood had rotted. There is visible mold in one of the broken wooden joists. And it broke into short fibers at the failure point, a sign of dry rot; if the wood had ...

Q: We have a bathroom on the ground floor, and we're replacing parts of the subfloor because they have dry rot. The subfloor is above concrete. Do you recommend putting insulation between the ...

At Library Gardens, dry rot feasted on the wood joists holding up a fifth-floor balcony until the cantilevering gave way, causing six people to plunge to their deaths.

Dry Rot Confirmed As Cause Of Deadly Berkeley Balcony Collapse. June 23, 2015 / 1:29 PM PDT / CBS San Francisco ... The joists on those structures did not extend from the building.

Your Handyman: Wood that is exposed to rain or fog can often develop dry rot, which is a type of wood-decaying fungus that actually digests wood and that, once established, will continue to cause ...

Roshal wrote that they immediately noticed that the joists “appeared to be severely dry rotted.” From the unit directly below, the officials saw “apparently dry rotted debris scattered on ...

The balcony, which was roughly 4½ by 8½ feet, was supported by laminated wood joists that projected out from the building's exterior wall in a cantilever -- meaning its support ultimately depended on ...

BERKELEY, Calif. (KTVU and wires) -- The city of Berkeley will consider more stringent requirements for building and inspecting outdoor balconies after finding severe dry rot in the joists of a ...