One of the many round tuits that eluded me earlier this year was to
spray woodworm killer on the joists and purlins in the sheds. A search
hasn't revealed anything authoritative about what time of year is best;
does the team think there is any point doing it during the winter?
(It needs doing because there was dust beneath some of the holes)

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One of the many round tuits that eluded me earlier this year was to
spray woodworm killer on the joists and purlins in the sheds. A search
hasn't revealed anything authoritative about what time of year is best;
does the team think there is any point doing it during the winter?
(It needs doing because there was dust beneath some of the holes)


I spose, with relative humidity being lower in winter, that your
timbers might be more willing to soak up the delightful poisons
slightly more than in midsummer?

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Jimk


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On 19/11/2019 09:42, Jimk wrote:
Wrote in message:
One of the many round tuits that eluded me earlier this year was to
spray woodworm killer on the joists and purlins in the sheds. A search
hasn't revealed anything authoritative about what time of year is best;
does the team think there is any point doing it during the winter?
(It needs doing because there was dust beneath some of the holes)


I spose, with relative humidity being lower in winter, that your
timbers might be more willing to soak up the delightful poisons
slightly more than in midsummer?


You can still get solvent-based treatment fluid which soaks in better
all year round.

Some people nail strips of timber that woodwork prefer and once a year
remove, burn and replace with fresh timber lathes.

Andrew Wrote in message:
On 19/11/2019 09:42, Jimk wrote:
Wrote in message:
One of the many round tuits that eluded me earlier this year was to
spray woodworm killer on the joists and purlins in the sheds. A search
hasn't revealed anything authoritative about what time of year is best;
does the team think there is any point doing it during the winter?
(It needs doing because there was dust beneath some of the holes)


I spose, with relative humidity being lower in winter, that your
timbers might be more willing to soak up the delightful poisons
slightly more than in midsummer?


You can still get solvent-based treatment fluid which soaks in better
all year round.

I wasn't thinking of using any other...

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Jimk


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On 19/11/2019 15:59, Jimk wrote:
Andrew Wrote in message:
On 19/11/2019 09:42, Jimk wrote:
Wrote in message:
One of the many round tuits that eluded me earlier this year was to
spray woodworm killer on the joists and purlins in the sheds. A search
hasn't revealed anything authoritative about what time of year is best;
does the team think there is any point doing it during the winter?
(It needs doing because there was dust beneath some of the holes)


I spose, with relative humidity being lower in winter, that your
timbers might be more willing to soak up the delightful poisons
slightly more than in midsummer?


You can still get solvent-based treatment fluid which soaks in better
all year round.

I wasn't thinking of using any other...


VOC2010 has resulted in some preparations becoming water-based,
so much more difficult to apply.

On 19/11/2019 14:14, Andrew wrote:
On 19/11/2019 09:42, Jimk wrote:
Wrote in message:
One of the many round tuits that eluded me earlier this year was to
spray woodworm killer on the joists and purlins in the sheds. A search
hasn't revealed anything authoritative about what time of year is best;
does the team think there is any point doing it during the winter?
(It needs doing because there was dust beneath some of the holes)


I spose, with relative humidity being lower in winter, that your
Â* timbers might be more willing to soak up the delightful poisons
Â* slightly more than in midsummer?


You can still get solvent-based treatment fluid which soaks in better
all year round.

Some people nail strips of timber that woodwork prefer and once a year
remove, burn and replace with fresh timber lathes.
That seemed like an interesting idea until I looked at the Rentokil
site, which says: "Some prefer softwoods like pine, spruce and cedar
while others like hardwoods such as oak, ash, sweet chestnut and
mahogany" ...

On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 09:29:16 +0000, wrote:

One of the many round tuits that eluded me earlier this year was to
spray woodworm killer on the joists and purlins in the sheds. A search
hasn't revealed anything authoritative about what time of year is best;
does the team think there is any point doing it during the winter?
(It needs doing because there was dust beneath some of the holes)

If you got holes they've been and gone. Does dust fall out of the
holes if you tap the timber? That means they only went fairly
recently.

I'd treat it, even it doesn't penetrate to any grubs in the timber
it'll get 'em as they emerge. It'll also get any new arrivals.

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Dave.

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Brian

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One of the many round tuits that eluded me earlier this year was to
spray woodworm killer on the joists and purlins in the sheds. A search
hasn't revealed anything authoritative about what time of year is best;
does the team think there is any point doing it during the winter?
(It needs doing because there was dust beneath some of the holes)


I spose, with relative humidity being lower in winter, that your
timbers might be more willing to soak up the delightful poisons
slightly more than in midsummer?

--
Jimk


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