Timber Durability Researchers & Practitioners - Drain Dry Detect

What if we designed timber buildings assuming that something will eventually leak? A roof membrane ages. A plumbing connection fails. Water enters a panel joint. A waterproofing layer gets damaged. We spend a lot of time designing against failure. But I’ve been thinking about a different question: What happens after failure begins? Can the water drain? Can the structure dry? Can we detect the problem early? Can we reach it without destroying half the building? Can the damaged component be replaced while the primary structure stays intact? I’m starting to think about timber durability as a sequence: Prevent → Drain → Dry → Detect → Access → Maintain → Replace → Recover I’ve published a new Research Note on Substack exploring this idea. It’s not a finished theory. It’s a working hypothesis — and I’d really like to hear from researchers, architects, engineers and manufacturers working with timber durability, moisture, building envelopes, inspection, maintenance and design for disassembly. Especially if you have real building data, monitoring results, failure cases, or details that have been in service long enough to teach us something. Read the full Research Note on Substack: https://lnkd.in/dE5DB-dF #MassTimber #TimberEngineering #BuildingScience #WoodArchitecture #BuildingDurability #MoistureManagement #DesignForDisassembly