This is a book about the insects and fungi that may appear in
building timbers if unnoticed or unavoidable maintenance problems
allow them to remain damp. There are two options if a problem is
found. The building owner or occupier may require the organism to
be rapidly exterminated and a document issued which seems to
reassure that it will not come back. In this case they must accept
generally expensive and frequently destructive chemical treatments
using more or less noxious pesticides. Unfortunately each decade's
panacea has usually become the next decade's poison and a pesticide
accepted as `safe' has proved elusive. Pesticides may be used in a
`safe manner' and this is the province of the remedial company, but
legislation is continuously evolving and pesticides are becoming
increasingly unpopular. The second option is to take a little time
and to consider the problem. This may not always be possible, but
in many situations a little background knowledge can make a
considerable difference. Frequently an understanding of why the
damage has occurred, together with an understanding of insect or
fungi requirements and limitations, can reduce treatments or show
that they are unnecessary.
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