On 4 Jan, 14:53, Invisible Man wrote:
RobertL wrote:
the Victorian house we recently bought, and which is empty while we
are doing it up, seems to have a lot of woodworm holes. *It's in floor
boards and joists. *The worst are some ground floor joists. *I know
that in heated hosues these infestations tend to die out but I cannot
tell whether this infestation is active or not. I plan to take
professional advice but....

I know (from *past experience) that most comanies require you to lift
floorboards every metre (and use a 1 metre spray nozzle). *I would
like to avoid lifting so many boards because of the damage. *Most of
my boards run right across from side to side so they are hard to lift
without either cutting the boards or removing the skirting boards.

Does anyone know a company which will treat an infestation (if
required) using longer (say 2m) nozzles, so I can lift fewer boards?

Many thanks,

Robert

We have woodworm believed to be common beetle in the joists under our
floor. Seems to be restricted to the wet side of the house under
kitchen, cloakroom etc. Stuck tissue over some joists early in 2008 and
will see if evidence of live movements through tissue when we open up
the kitchen floor again soon in company of suitable expert.
We have no wish to take up furniture and carpets in the lounge and diner
and will probably take a chance on this area.
Like you the less invasive the better. Unfortunate that the little
bu**ers cannot be killed in the wood and as far as I am aware the only
treatment is to coat every part of the wood involved


To answer my own question slightly: and (I assume) floorboards.

Because of the tighter regs these days they will not treat the timbers
unless the infestation is live. I wanted to have it treated now while
the house is empty and some of the floor is up but Protem said they
were not allowed to do 'preemptive' treatments any more but would have
to do a suvey first (at a price). .

Robert