Even if you haven't sanded, the galleries can run on or close to the
surface if the surface was covered by carpet or whatever. It's light
that the larvae hate and avoid.
If the boards are sound enough and there are no live critters (and
there prolly aren't) then you need a finish that soaks into the
exposed timber as they only attack (oviposit!) on bare wood - but
they are clever little beetles at finding the bare sections so you
have to get the finish into the nooks and crannies. Also it is
seasonal to some extent. (Unlike f@*%$*G! termites which eat
constantly - but at least you can bait them).
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 01/10/2007, at 9:38 PM, swisspace wrote:
> I have been cleaning both the beams and the floor with a nylon mop
> brush
> on an angle grinder, no sanding yet. before the cleaning nothing was
> apparent, then while I was cleaning I found the soft wood and removed
> it. In a previous email I incorrectly stated the age of the beams , we
> think they are in fact as old as the house which is around 80 years
> old,
> the house was the last one built in the village before second world
> war.
>
> This week I will clean a few more floor boards to see what else shows
> up, I think at the moment all is structurally sound, I just want to
> stop
> anything getting worse.
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