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Product Description: This book covers the problems and the solutions which arise when wood and other building materials suffer from any of the many types of decay which can arise due to damp, fungal or insect attack. It deals with all aspects of remedial treatment, from theinitial survey to how to replace materials effectively when deterioration has progressed too far...read more

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