jonthefish
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Hello all. We're fixing up an old house in NW Scotland. Think driving rain. West wall is 3 feet thick and the lime is very wet as wall inappropriately pointed inside and out with concrete in the '70s. We have wet rot in a window frame (about to be removed) and the mycelium extend over some areas of lime where we removed the concrete a while back. The lime is a bit decayed in places and I suspect its pH has declined due to damp plus the smoke/soot etc around the chimney, allowing the fungus to spread.
Boric acid based based fungicides seem to be the thing for wet rot. But putting acid on lime feels wrong. Wondering if best option is:
1 Dig deeper into old lime, re-point and get it drying asap?
2. Dig deeper into old lime, spray (boric) fungicide, then re-point?
3. Use some other (non boric acid) fungicide?
Boric acid based based fungicides seem to be the thing for wet rot. But putting acid on lime feels wrong. Wondering if best option is:
1 Dig deeper into old lime, re-point and get it drying asap?
2. Dig deeper into old lime, spray (boric) fungicide, then re-point?
3. Use some other (non boric acid) fungicide?
