Damp Surveys Ltd

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Thank you for your feedback. Woodworm is very rarely active in UK properties, as old timber is not sufficiently nutritious and modern timber is protected with insecticide. This was an unusual case where plywood was installed in a cellar by a builder about 5 years ago, which had not been protected properly. Anobium punctatum, or common furniture beetle had infested the plywood in the timber yard before the wood was sawn. We can tell this as the internal chambers were exposed on the ply surface. There were little piles of frass (sawdust coloured excretion) below jagged edged holes, both a sign of currently activity. We demonstrated how to spray the timber with commonly available professional grade Permethrin (about £10 Amazon). It should be noted that only the modern ply had been affected by woodworm, not surrounding timber. We recommended identifying and highlighting each hole, spraying all the timber in February before the common furniture beetle activity starts with a double dose in May for the area close to the holes. Also, as the issue of woodworm will come up every time the property is sold, it is worth staining, painting or otherwise covering inside each hole, so as to demonstrate that there is no ongoing activity. Otherwise, a homebuyer’s surveyor will inevitably delay the sale and increase the costs of sale, for fear that there is woodworm activity. See https://surveyor.tips/woodworm