Inspecting the roof void and basement for signs of beetle infestation.
How to treat woodworm in roof timbers.
Painted wooden surfaces or ceilings.
Furniture is also affected by woodworm especially old antique furniture.
Inspect under floorboards and all flooring timber.
You look closely and there it is.
Is this true and is it the best way to treat it.
Tiny little holes bored into the surface the dreaded woodworm signs.
Professional treatment of woodworm all the work carried out for you with a 20 year guarantee normal woodworm treatment in houses consists of cleaning the timbers with a brush or vacuum and then spraying them once or twice using an insecticide either boron based or permethrin cypermethrin based.
You approach your roof timber floorboard or beautiful piece of solid wood furniture.
Inject boron paste to treat woodworm infestation.
The company say that the spray isn t a poison that will kill straight away but rather make the woodbeetle infertile.
Don t forget to re paint and re varnish treated surfaces when they are dry.
It is difficult to detect woodworm infestation as the damage done by these creatures are inside the wood and the signs of damage done by them do not appear until for many years.
Fill the holes you have drilled with boron ultra paste.
Despite the name woodworm are not worms and are in fact the larval stage of several different species of woodworm beetle.
In 2002 a 39 year old man died during a routine fumigation to treat woodworm in the roof of a church in southern germany.
Our experience has taught us that many people mistake the signs of woodworm for something completely different so let s start at the beginning.
Our woodworm treatment top tips 1 understand the woodworm life cycle.
The chemical used was sulfuryl fluoride a highly toxic gas that has no odour or colour.
Example of a drilling guide for treating timber for woodworm available from property repair systems.
Treatment for furniture infestations is often by applying a surface treatment agent.
Unfortunately timber treatment contractors are not legally required to complete any training or certification.
You brace yourself and turn to the internet and type.
I have a bit of woodworm in the roof timbers and i m going to get it professionally sprayed.
How to detect an active woodworm.
You can easily treat common furniture beetles with a brush dip or spray application of a permethrin based woodworm treatment on all timbers affected by woodworm.
All manner of wooden furniture.
