Dark Plywood In Attic

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Dark plywood in attic.

There is also a small risk that comes with applying the mold protective sealant in that the sealant can trap moisture in the plywood which will cause it to decompose and decay. Beneath the fuzzy growth areas of staining can be observed as well. After several years of this there may be. In old houses you ll usually see some spots that are stained dark or black where there was a roof leak at some point in time which was repaired but the stain remains.

The dark discoloration will remain long after the mold has stopped growing. This can be caused by the action of fungal growth and molds and the affect they have on the tannins in the wood. In this photo of very dark mold in an attic in a wet attic mold which we found to be brown in the microscope looked black on the plywood. The other two possibilities for the stains.

Below is an image of heavy 3 dimensional mold growth on the sheathing. Mold spores penetrate the plywood in your attic and it is difficult to completely eradicate it. In many cases the continued wetting of the sheathing will cause it to rot but that may take several years or decades depending on the attic ventilation. The following picture is of a long standing moisture condition in an attic where much of the roof sheathing has turned black.

Black mold in attics. If the dark surface of the wood smudges it could be mold. If your attic joists won t bear the weight necessary to finish out a living space but the engineer cleared them to support floor decking for light storage you can install inch plywood or. The black attic mold shown here confirms that this attic had a serious venting and moisture problem including moisture from sources lower in the building.

This latter phenomenon occurs when the house is too humid and the warm moist air seeps into the attic where it condenses and freezes on cold attic areas.