They both are often misconceived by majority of the people., They both look the same, they actually are are comparably There are some distinctions which you should know to treat them separately and potentially.
Dry Rot
Fungi destroy the mechanism of wood. Fungi usually make the wood hollow from inside. A fungus is very much capable of moving water from wet areas to dry one. So you can never rule out the presence of fungi in dry woods.
Subterranean Termites
They are living in colonies under the soil. These insects come on the surface for eating or digging tunnels. There, they take the inside of the cellulose present inside the wood. part of the wood and make it useless and hollow.
Damage
Both termites and fungi create channels, on the other. Looking at the dry brick or dry block. On the other hand, termites dig tubes with soil, fecal, water or saliva. These tubes help the termites to shift from soil to food in search of food. The channels made by termites usually resemble the branches of the tree and the main channel or trunk standing on the ground.
How They Both Attack
Both termites and fungi have the common cause tooth and fungi attacks through soil and the main reason for these are the cracks in moature in the walls and floors. Dry rot is the result On the other hand cracks in foundation pave the path for termites to enter the home and attack the new wooden structures.
How to Control Termites and Dry Rot
But for severe attacks of dry rot boric acid or borate is used. Boric acid is also helpful with insect.
These insecticides are used to soil and contain some of them. The insecticides used today are less thanxic than the past. Organophosphates and pyrethroid are famous insecticides today.
