Wood Boring Insects

Wood boring insects, commonly, called 'woodworm', come in a number of varieties and sizes from 3mm to 25mm long. They lay their eggs on or in the timber and the larvae that hatch from these feed on and bore through the timber causing the damage. It is not at all unusual to see woodworm holes which are old and the timber is no longer being attacked, activity is usually identified by looking for fine powder left by active larvae.

Our Specialist Treatment of active attack consists of brushing or spraying insecticides onto the timbers. Quite severe attack is required to cause a significant weakness to structural timbers so it is not unusual for timbers with woodworm holes present to be considered as structurally satisfactory. Badly weakened timbers may require repair or replacement.

Our timber report will include an inspection of all readily accessible timbers and recommendations for any necessary further exploratory works, repairs and treatment.

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