"Meoww" wrote in message
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John Rumm wrote in message
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Z wrote:

I have a few questions about the spread of infestations and eradication
of them.

Start he-

http://www.onthelevel.in-uk.com/timber-treatment.htm


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Cheers,

John.

I think you'll find that he's wrong in his general assumption - very
much so!

Central heating doesn't dry out the roof space, the beneath
ground-floor space, it's only on for half the year and he completely
ignores the fact that timber in bathrooms (for instance) can easily
absorb enough moisture from the atmosphere to happily support these
little beasts.

I believe he also spouts similar nonsense about the non-exstence of
rising damp. It pays his wages though )

I totally agree. Common Furniture Beetle doesn't only attack damp timber and it
does not prefer newly felled trees. How does he think it got its name? It
attacks furniture!!!

He's also wrong about Dry Rot. Dry rot is so called because (A) it requires
drier conditions than wet rots and (B) it transports its own moisture and
attacks dry timber. That's why it is necessary to eradicate it, not just cut
off the source of moisture as he says. This is true only of wet rots. And to
say it was named "Cancer of Buildings" by a treatment company salesman is also
wrong. It is described in the Bible (Leviticus 14 vs. 33-57) as a "fretting
leprosy of the house", from the appearance of the water droplets, like tears,
that form on the fruiting body.

I agree with most of what he says about double glazing, plastics and wall
coatings though. This bit intrigued me: "There is growing evidence that
plastic pipes leach chemicals into the drinking water which can make men
infertile."

Peter