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Woodworm in skirting board.

dave82_2
dave82_2 Posts: 1,328 Forumite
edited 15 August 2010 at 7:16PM in In my home (includes DIY) MoneySaving
Hi,

Was taking off old skirting board at our house and although it looked fine it crumbled when I took it off and is riddled with wood worm :-(

Thankfully the floors downstairs are concrete and there is no sign of any in the beams or floorboards upstairs.

Do I need to worry about it spreading to the wood upstairs now I have disturbed it?

Does anyone have any advice?

Cheers D

Comments

  • MX5huggy
    MX5huggy Posts: 7,170 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    No, if they want to go for the wood upstairs they will have already. I bet its old wood worm damage that you have disturbed did you see any grubs?
  • keystone
    keystone Posts: 10,916 Forumite
    Woodworm holes are the exits. Once the holes appear the little beggars have gone.

    Cheers
    The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits. - Einstein
  • dave82_2
    dave82_2 Posts: 1,328 Forumite
    There were grubs yes!
  • keystone
    keystone Posts: 10,916 Forumite
    dave82 wrote: »
    There were grubs yes!
    Oh bother - you'd better get someone to have a peek then.

    Cheers
    The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits. - Einstein
  • dave82_2
    dave82_2 Posts: 1,328 Forumite
    Cheers will do. It seemed like some of the skirt was really really old and some newer. It only seemed to be affecting the really old stuff! Will get someone along to take a look none the less.

    D
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