I have a wood lice problem I notice it whenever it rains, they seem to come
from underneath the floorboards in the kitchen, I am at the ground floor
flat and I am guessing that there is some rotten timber down there, what can
I use to dry the area and get rid of these irritants?

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I have a wood lice problem I notice it whenever it rains, they seem to come
from underneath the floorboards in the kitchen, I am at the ground floor
flat and I am guessing that there is some rotten timber down there, what can
I use to dry the area and get rid of these irritants?

You're right, they're usually a sign of damp so you could say they're
helpfully warning you that you have a problem, hopefully not at the rot
stage yet (they just like damp). I'm afraid it means looking for the source of
the damp, probably by lifting part of the floor & poking around underneath.
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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Nospam wrote:

I have a wood lice problem I notice it whenever it rains, they seem
to come from underneath the floorboards in the kitchen, I am at the
ground floor flat and I am guessing that there is some rotten timber
down there, what can I use to dry the area and get rid of these
irritants?

I get quite a few in my lounge - on a solid carpeted floor. Not sure what
they find attractive about that! If I find live ones, I pick them up and
dump them outside - but as often as not, they walk part-way round the the
skirting board and *die* - so it's a vacuum cleaner job.
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On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 11:00:39 +0100, "Set Square"
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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Nospam wrote:

I have a wood lice problem I notice it whenever it rains, they seem
to come from underneath the floorboards in the kitchen, I am at the
ground floor flat and I am guessing that there is some rotten timber
down there, what can I use to dry the area and get rid of these
irritants?

I get quite a few in my lounge - on a solid carpeted floor. Not sure what
they find attractive about that! If I find live ones, I pick them up and
dump them outside - but as often as not, they walk part-way round the the
skirting board and *die* - so it's a vacuum cleaner job.

You don't have a cat do you? Mine brings them in.
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mogga wrote:


I get quite a few in my lounge - on a solid carpeted floor. Not sure
what they find attractive about that! If I find live ones, I pick
them up and dump them outside - but as often as not, they walk
part-way round the the skirting board and *die* - so it's a vacuum
cleaner job.

You don't have a cat do you? Mine brings them in.

Nope!
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In article ,
mogga wrote:
I get quite a few in my lounge - on a solid carpeted floor. Not sure
what they find attractive about that! If I find live ones, I pick them
up and dump them outside - but as often as not, they walk part-way
round the the skirting board and *die* - so it's a vacuum cleaner job.

You don't have a cat do you? Mine brings them in.

Your cat brings in wood lice? How? Mine prefers rats, squirrels and
pigeons. But he's fighting a losing battle.

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In article ,
mogga wrote:
I get quite a few in my lounge - on a solid carpeted floor. Not sure
what they find attractive about that! If I find live ones, I pick them
up and dump them outside - but as often as not, they walk part-way
round the the skirting board and *die* - so it's a vacuum cleaner job.

You don't have a cat do you? Mine brings them in.

Your cat brings in wood lice? How?

Old cat with dodgy DPC?

You don't have a cat do you? Mine brings them in.

Ours used to have a thing for slugs - it was as though it went around
rolling over them to collect a few, then come in the house, roll around
some more depositing as many as it could.

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