Wet or Dry Rot?

[Jordansearle]

Hi All,

 

I recently had a leak in the attic which has now been fixed. However, water was dripping onto one of the timber frames in the attic and was soaked. Now it has dried, it looks like it may be rotted. I have no experience with this so does the picture look like it may be dry or wet rot or could this simply be discolouring where the wood has now dried?

 

Many thanks

Jordan

[Gone West]

15 minutes ago, Jordansearle said:

I recently had a leak in the attic which has now been fixed. However, water was dripping onto one of the timber frames in the attic and was soaked. Now it has dried, it looks like it may be rotted. I have no experience with this so does the picture look like it may be dry or wet rot or could this simply be discolouring where the wood has now dried?

Welcome to the forum. Have you tried pushing a screwdriver into the wood to see if it is rotten? Unless it's been soaked for some time it's probably just discolouring.

[Simplysimon]

it's fine, is the attic vented?

[tonyshouse]

I reckon wet rot 

[Roundtuit]

If it's rotten, as above I think it will be wet rot.  As @PeterStarck says, have at it with a screwdriver and see how solid it is. Unless there's some signifcant deterioration, I wouldn't be worrying about it.