BORON ULTRA 12 POWDER IN WATER - surface treatment for Death Watch Beetle - 01626 221301

HOW TO TREAT DEATH WATCH BEETLE

1. Tap the beams with a hammer and listen for changes in note. Listen late at night for 'tapping' sounds - Death Watch beetle mating noises (perhaps they need longer beds?)

2. Drill test suspicious areas with a wood Auger to determine the extent of the attack zone, using an 8mm diameter Auger. Examine the bore dust for signs of beetle 'frass' - no wood fibres will be found in these parts.

3. For valuable beams consider using our Ultra Sound and Resistograph testing service.

4. Clean off all loose wood, surface 'frass' and tunnel material to reach sound timber.

5. Remove any residual surface stain, paint, wax or varnish. No surface treatment will penetrate these finishes.

6. Brush and vacuum clean.

7. Apply Boron Ultra Gel by brush, if the wood will not require a paint, stain or varnish finish after treatment.

8. Apply 2 coats of Boron Ultra 12 at 5% in water by brush or spray, for wood that you wish to paint, stain or varnish afterwards.

9. Apply Boron Ultra Paste by injection, to damp areas, like those embedded in the wall.

10. Apply Ultra Timber Paste, by injection, to dry areas, like those not embedded in the wall.

Historic or beautiful finishes - you will have to delete steps 4, 5, 7 and 8 above - go straight to step 10.

Check annually and re-treat if active. This insect can be a structural hazard to your building, so consult us or a Professional Building Surveyor before carrying out treatment.

PRODUCTS FOR DEATH WATCH BEETLE TREATMENT

1. BORON ULTRA 12 - Surface Treatment of Death Watch Beetle

A unique Boron based Borax powder concentrate, ready to dissolve in water, designed to treat timber by brush, spray or dipping. It avoids the hazard problems of many liquid insecticides by using only water as a carrier. It can also be used in most situations to replace other less ‘friendly’ contact type insecticides, including Permethrin. The Boron powder is dissolved in water to treat Woodworm at 5% (BAE) for the following coverages, based on applying two coats by brush, or low pressure sprayer:

Supplied as a powder:

Small Powder Pack - 0.5kg of powder dissolves in 12.5 litres of water, to make a 5% solution, treats 25 square metres - for one small domestic room.

Medium Powder Pack - 1 kg of powder dissolves in 25 litres of water, to make a 5% solution, treats 50 square metres - for two domestic rooms, or a small roof.

Large Powder Pack - 2.5 kgs of powder dissolves in 62.5 litres of water, to make a 5% solution, treats 125 square metres - for a complete semi detached house.

Supplied as a liquid:

Small, Ready to Use - 5 litres already dissolved at 5% in water, treats 10 square metres - for a small room (e.g. bathroom, toilet, hall)

Large, Ready to Use - 25 litres already dissolved at 5% in water, treats 50 square metres - for two domestic rooms, or a small roof.

Typical consumption rates - allow 4 square metres per litre, apply two coats by brush or coarse droplet, low pressure spray.

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Always follow the instructions on the product label, wear a dust mask when mixing and check with us before purchasing to ensure that you are buying the correct product.

2. BORON ULTRA GEL - Surface Applied by brush - for damp and dry wood

A Boron based brushing Gel ideal for damp stained wood, end grain and bearing area treatment of beams and joists. Also useful for medium to heavy active infestations of insect attack and treatment of new timbers for use in vulnerable areas (e.g. back of skirting boards). Apply to bare surface timber as part of the control of Death Watch Beetle.

3. BORON ULTRA PASTE - Deep Injected Treatment - for damp wood

A unique Boron based Paste, which uses a special blend of technical grade Glycols as carriers. It can be injected into timber, with the advantage of supplying a highly concentrated mobile preservative which will spread even at low (down to 12% TMC) moisture content levels. Simple to apply with a standard skeleton gun and highly effective because of the available level of active Boron content deep inside the wood. It is injected into 8mm diameter holes at up to 120mm along the grain, 75mm across the grain and down to within 15mm of the opposing side of the timber (see hole Spacing Chart). Essential for the control of Death Watch Beetle in damp or wet wood, especially in embedded timber beams and joists sitting in or on a wet wall, because it also kills wood rotting fungi, like Wet Rot and Dry Rot.

4. ULTRA TIMBER PASTE - Deep Injected Treatment - for dry wood

An alternative treatment for drier timber (under 12% TMC) - Permethrin in an emulsion cream base. Has some odour and solvent. Do not use in buildings housing fish or birds. Essential for deep seated active Death Watch Beetle, or the voracious House Longhorn Beetle, where the moisture content of the wood is too low to spread the Boron based paste. Essential for the control of Death Watch Beetle in dry wood, where Boron based Paste will not spread quickly.

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1. Common Furniture Beetle - apply 2 coats of Boron Ultra 12 at 5% in water by brush or spray.

2. Heavy Concentrations of Common Furniture Beetle - add Boron Ultra Gel by brush.

3. Death Watch Beetle - tap with a hammer and drill test to determine the extent, then apply Boron Ultra Gel by brush, plus Boron Paste by injection. Check annually and re-treat if active. This insect can be a structural hazard to your building, so consult us or a Professional Building Surveyor before carrying out treatment.

4. Wood Boring Weevil - remove all rotted timber, then apply Boron Ultra Gel plus Boron Paste by injection to any timber that is damp (or, if you have a Damp Meter, over 18% total moisture content).

5. House Longhorn Beetle - cut out all infected timber, then inject Ultra Timber Paste (Permethrin based). This insect can be a structural hazard to your building, so consult us or a Professional Building Surveyor before carrying out treatment.

Sleepers and Poles are frequently used in gardens to retain raised beds or to act as terracing walls. These garden timbers become very damp and despite pre-treatments once the insects and wet rot enter through cracks and splits they can fall apart. Railway Sleepers - yes, these enormous, creosote treated timbers do rot and London Underground and Railtrack have used 1000s of Boron Ultra Rods, but in a much larger size, to extend the life of these expensive components. Special carriage mounted Ultra Sound machines detect the rotting sleepers and these are then drilled, injected and capped as part of regular maintenance.

Telegraph and Electricity Poles themselves are also susceptible to wet rot and rapid insect attack, after the pressure creosote treatment has diminished, especially in the ground zone, where splits and shakes allow moisture and air into the core. Boron Ultra Paste and Boron Ultra Rods are used in combination to prevent further decay and extend the working life of the poles and sleepers..

Drilling a Pole to insert a Boron Rod

Posts in the ground - use our special 'Save a Post' kit - drill holes in all four sides at ground level downwards at a 45 degree angle to overlap within the post beneath the ground. Blow out the holes. Inject Boron Ultra Paste to the base of the hole and insert a Boron Ultra Rod through the paste.

Frames and door legs - drill 8-10mm diameter holes above and below each joint to within 15mm of the opposing face. Blow out the holes. Inject Boron Ultra Paste to the base of the hole and insert a Boron Ultra Rod through the paste.

Timber Frame House - Death Watch Beetle

Window Cill and Window Frame

Red indicates best positions for Boron Rods

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, or until surfaces are dry, which ever is the longer.

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 the spray or treated surfaces: animals, fish, birds, babies, young children, asthmatics, pregnant women or those vulnerable due to ill health.

On-going European reclassification of Pesticides has resulted in our Borax product having to carry a warning label (for the first time since 1890) on all products used at over 5.5% BAE concentration. This label is a warning that if you eat the product and then became pregnant you might give birth to a slightly underweight baby, or suffer a slight reduction in the size of your testes. The tests, on rats, required them to eat the human equivalent of 18 level teaspoons full of Borate (DOT) per day for 2 years. We believe that you are unlikely to do this and the lack of any other negative evidence, despite the severely critical European Review process, suggests that this product is very safe indeed.

Woodworm treatment products do not need to even reach the 5% concentration level to be effective, so are not subject to any additional labelling, because of their unblemished safety record.

See our Technical section for more information.

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