More than 5% of all construction lumber in US is for replacing wood that has decayed

"More than 5% of all construction lumber manufactured each year in the United States is used to replace wood that has decayed in service. This need not be the case. Damage to wood-frame buildings by mildew, mold, staining fungi, and decay fungi is entirely preventable. Their presence points to design flaws, poor workmanship, and neglected maintenance.

• Fungi - A concise Description
• Fungi and human disease
• fungi and its place in nature
• Fungi as symbions
• Fungi in Ventilation Systems Bibliography
• Fungi Spore in the air
• fungi: classification
• fungi: health effect
• fungi: life cycle of
• Mold and Moisture
• Mold Reporter
• molds
• Molds in Indoor Air and health effect
• Reference: MVOC
• References for mold and fungi studies
• ASTM Committee D07 on Wood
• Beetles destroys wood
• Building Materials and Wood Technology
• Conference: Durability and Disaster Mitigation in Wood Frame Housing
• Dictionary of Wood Product and Construction Terminology: CWC
• Drywood termite: general kalotermes and incisitermes
• Emissions from wood based materials and indoor air
• Journal: Building Material and Wood Technology
• Journal: Wood Science and Technology
• Moisture Capacity of wood
• Moisture induced internal stresses in structural wood elements
• Reference for wood finishing at FPL, USDA
• Reference list for structural analysis of wood-framed wall
• Reference: Wood Durability Issues
• references related wood
• Standards associated with plywood
• Top Ten Rules of Wood Durability
• wood decay and water is directly related
• wood destroying insects causing damage to $5 billion a year.
• Wood durability
• Wood facts by CWC (Canadian Wood Council)
• wood frame wall requirement
• Wood fungi
• wood thermal conductivity vary with temperature
• Wood Wall Sheathing Advantages
• Wood, wood product, and wood frame house
• US new construction 1996 amounted to $600 billion
• Total construction in US 1997 is $577 billion
• Three largest Canadian construction firm
• Importance of Building Codes in Construction
• Sustainable Construction
• Lack of Basic Construction Techniques' Is Root of moisture problems
• Dictionary of Wood Product and Construction Terminology: CWC
• construction moisture as cause of initial moisture trapped in wall
• Construction industry employs 111 million employees
• US new construction 1996 amounted to $600 billion