Professional Woodworm Services in The North East

It is a common misconception that woodworm only affects old properties, in fact it can cause damage to newly constructed buildings. Some of the tell-tale signs of woodworm include:

• Bore-dust – as the beetles emerge from the wood it creates a mixture of wood dust and beetle droppings called Frass which you can spot below infested timber and furniture
• Wood tunnels – the burrowing beetles leave a network of tunnels or ‘galleries’ as they’re known which are difficult to spot
• Recent exit holes – a freshly bored woodworm hole will be roughly 2mm in size and round or oval in shape with a cleaner and crisper appearance than older holes
• Crumbling wood – wooden corners on areas such as roof joists or floorboards have corners or edges which are rounded or breaking away
• Damaged or weak floorboards – you’ll start to notice a difference to the strength of floorboards as they become weaker underfoot, or in more extreme cases, parts of furniture may break through the wood
• Woodworm larvae – there are many varieties of woodworm but their larvae are most often creamy-white in colour
• Woodworm eggs – these are tricky to spot with the naked eye and vary in size depending on which type of beetle it is
• Adult woodworm beetles – between May and October, also known as woodworm season, you may notice the adult beetles emerging from the wood or timber
• Dead woodworm beetles – woodworm only live for a few days if male and a couple of weeks if female, so you may find dead beetles on windowsills or close to infested timber