Woodworm Treatment, Death Watch Beetle Treatment
Property Repair Systems
01626 331351
Timber
treatment, including treating woodworm, Death Watch Beetle and House Longhorn
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Woodworm Treatment, Death Watch Beetle Treatment
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Property Repair Systems 01626 331351
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Timber
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Woodworm Control - why we use wood preservatives In the UK we are mainly concerned with Common Furniture Beetle treatment, (Anobium punctatum, in Latin). We need to practice safe woodworm control because of the long term damage that the tunnels and holes cause in structural and decorative woodwork in domestic houses and commercial buildings. Knowledge of the life cycle of the common furniture beatle is important when treating woodworm because we cannot stop adult insects emerging using normal timber treatments. To eventually cure woodworm we first need to break the egg laying cycle. Common furniture beetle starts life as an egg. These are laid on a bare, unpainted timber surface, or in cracks and crevices, end grain and down old emergence holes. The larvae hatch, bore into the sap wood, where they cause most of the damage. The larvae feed on the wood and this 'worm' becomes larger for up to 5 years. At some stage the wood worm moves close to the surface and constructs a pupal chamber. Between May and August the adult emerges from its pupal skin and chews its way out leaving the familiar 'woodworm holes'. When they cut their way out they are not actually feeding - the adult does not eat! When the adult beetles have emerged they mate and lay eggs, frequently down the old emergence holes and into the pupal chambers and tunnels. Sometimes both mating and egg laying can take place within the emergence hole itself. WOOD PRESERVATIVE AND BIOCIDE SAFETY Use wood preservatives and biocides safely. Always read the label and product information Data Sheet before use. Wear the correct safety equipment and keep unprotected people and animals out of the treated area for the statutory period given on the label. All products have some hazards and the COSHH Regulations (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health) apply to ALL building repair and construction products that we sell, even Cement. If in doubt consult us for free technical help. Take care not to contaminate soil, waterways or the environment with the product or the waste and packaging. These can be returned to us for disposal. Avoid using any type of chemical in your home if any of the following are likely to come into contact with treated surfaces: babies, young children, asthmatics, pregnant women or those vulnerable due to ill health. Other Property Repair Systems Group Web Sites: www.cane-line-info.co.uk - Cane-Line luxury Danish designed all weather cane furniture www.dampness-info.co.uk - how to treat penetrating dampness in walls and plaster www.deck-treatment.co.uk - how to treat patio decks and yacht decks www.dryrot.biz - how to cure and prevent Dry Rot www.epoxy-info.co.uk - epoxies, polyesters and polyurethanes for all applications www.furniture-outdoors.com - all weather cane garden furniture, luxury Danish designs www.joist-repair.co.uk - how to quickly repair joists and beams of any size www.propertyrepairsystems.co.uk - fire retardent paints, hygiene products, metal bracket manufacture, crack injection www.timber.org.uk - systems of repair, with step by step methods www.timber-repair.co.uk - how to repair timbers in buildings without wrecking the place How to Treat Wood Worm Woodworm treatment is essential, if active wood worm is present, in order to prevent woodworm eggs from successfully boring into the timber and continuing the wood worm life cycle. If wood worm, or worse still Death Watch Beetle, is allowed to continue the timber will be weakened by the furniture beetle flight holes. These exit holes are evidence of an attack of some type of woodworm, but the size of the exit hole is important in determining the beetle species and hence its life cycle. Death watch Beetle has a much longer cycle that Common furniture Beetle, so wood worm treatment treatment, as a woodworm killer, has to be adapted to suit the insect involved. Timber treatment is only part of the woodworm story. Dampness also plays an important part in woodworm attack, so timber treatment must take account of damp.
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