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Evaluating Wood-Based Composites for Incipient Fungal Decay with the Immunodiagnostic Wood Decay Test
Early and accurate detection of the extent of fungal deterioration during forensic inspection of the building envelope would eliminate excessive or unnecessary replacement of wood-based building materials. Areas of water infiltration in wood-framed building envelopes in the Pacific Northwest were evaluated visually and sampled for moisture content. Wood samples were cultured in the laboratory and tested for the presence of decay fungi by the immunodiagnostic wood decay (IWD) test. In oriented strandboard sheathing, a correlation was seen between low moisture content, arrested fungal growth, advanced visual deterioration, and negative IWD results in a building envelope in which advanced fungal decay was discovered 3 years prior to the evaluation. Evaluation of exterior siding showed a correlation of high moisture content and of swelling and softening of the product with positive IWD results.
Evaluating Wood-Based Composites for Incipient Fungal Decay with the Immunodiagnostic Wood Decay Test
Early and accurate detection of the extent of fungal deterioration during forensic inspection of the building envelope would eliminate excessive or unnecessary replacement of wood-based building materials. Areas of water infiltration in wood-framed building envelopes in the Pacific Northwest were evaluated visually and sampled for moisture content. Wood samples were cultured in the laboratory and tested for the presence of decay fungi by the immunodiagnostic wood decay (IWD) test. In oriented strandboard sheathing, a correlation was seen between low moisture content, arrested fungal growth, advanced visual deterioration, and negative IWD results in a building envelope in which advanced fungal decay was discovered 3 years prior to the evaluation. Evaluation of exterior siding showed a correlation of high moisture content and of swelling and softening of the product with positive IWD results.
Evaluating Wood-Based Composites for Incipient Fungal Decay with the Immunodiagnostic Wood Decay Test
C. A. Clausen (author) / L. Haughton (author) / C. Murphy (author)
2003
14 pages
Report
No indication
English
Wood & Paper Products , Composite Materials , Construction Materials, Components, & Equipment , Forestry , Wooden structures , Composite materials , Fungi , Decay , Deterioration , Buildings , Construction materials , Wood products , Moisture content , Detection , Evaluation , Tests , Biodeterioration , Immunodiagnostic wood decay(IWD)
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