McKnight Building Preservation - based in Aberdeen, Scotland

McKnight Building Preservation are an Aberdeen based timber and building preservation specialist, covering the Aberdeenshire and Eastern coast of Scotland. Occasionally we have been known to travel to the Western and Northern Isles to carry out work.
We undertake various aspects of building timber treatment work.

Some of the most common issues pertaining to problems affecting a property are as follows:

Woodworm Treatment – the eradication of the wood-borer beetle, timber treatment, preservation and replacement
Waterproofing – the prevention of water ingress to the internal fabric of your property by the installation of a bespoke membrane and drainage system
Penetrating Damp – the treatment and preservation of the internal fabric of your property by eradicating the effects of dampness, and finding a solution to further prevention.
Wet Rot – the cause can come in many forms, and can affect all timbers that are not suitably protected
Dry Rot – the blatant brother of wet rot that needs less moisture for an outbreak to occur (around 20% as opposed to wet rot which typically contains 50%+)
Pump Servicing – we can carry out regular servicing on your waterproofing ‘sump and pump’ system, even if it’s been installed by another contractor
Gutter Cleaning – no ladder, no scaffold, no cherry picker solution…

We are also a ‘Biokil Approved Contractor‘ who provide us with their 30 Year Protection Scheme Guarantee.

If you have any queries regarding treatment work, please fill in the form at the bottom of the page:

Recent Works

Woodworm Balbegno Castle

It's not every day you find yourself working in a 16th century building in the heart of the parish of Fettercairn, but what a [...]

Damp Treatment Fountainhall Church

This B-listed church building on the outskirts of Aberdeen city centre had a number of issues relating to dampness affecting the internal fabric on the [...]

Woodworm Dundarg Castle

This property near New Aberdour in Aberdeenshire was built in the late 1930's by Wing Commander David Vaughan Carnegie using stonework from the nearby [...]

Wet Rot and Woodworm Kemnay

This ongoing project being carried out by a local developer in Kemnay, Aberdeenshire required some wet rot repairs and woodworm treatment. Wet rot decay [...]

Woodworm Treatments August 2023

The month of August seen us travelling around Aberdeen city and Aberdeenshire carrying out woodworm treatments to an array of properties. Outbuildings in Montgarrie, [...]

Woodworm Kyle of Lochalsh

When you get the opportunity to travel to one of the most beautiful parts of Scotland to carry out a woodworm treatment, you grab [...]

Woodworm Treatment

All our treatments are covered by an insurance backed guarantee issued by our third party partner

Your Aberdeen based Timber Specialist

Experts in Woodworm Treatment, Wet Rot, Waterproofing, Damp Proofing and Penetrating Damp

Wet Rot Treatment

Wet rot comes in many forms, but the most common we see is Coniophora puteana