A METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING DECAY IN WOOD

摘要

There is described a method of detecting decay in wood comprising the steps of boring a hole in the wood subject to decay and drawing a gas sample from the hole. The gas sample is analysed to determine the concentration of at least one gas produced by aerobic metabolism by fungi in the wood. There is also described an apparatus for detecting decay in wood comprising boring means for boring a hole in the wood subject to decay and gas sampling means for drawing a gas sample from the hole for analysis to determine the concentration of at least one gas produced by an aerobic metabolism by fungi in the wood.