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help please ,
I got some logs from a different source last year, a 3 ton load, when the wood arrived it was sodden as it had been cut recently and not dried,
i have two wood stores near the side of the house, i have used these to dry the split logs during the winter, over the last few months, i had noticed the logs had dried up nicely and thought everything was tickerty boo,
I have just found one of my log piles has woodworm ! not a massive amount but enough to have a brown pants moment, our house was attacked sometime in the past as some of the boards etc have tracks in them,
oh wise creator of wondrous wood piles (thats you mcmoonter), what should i do ???,
burn the lot at the end of the garden ?
load up the defender and dump it at the tip ?
ignore it, bring it in the house in the winter and chuck it in the fire ?
get the pile treated ?
can someone help please ?
get your house checked, burn the wood.
have I missed something?
ps I don't think MC is a woodworm expert.
Burn your house and get the wood checked.
can you identify the wood? some are more prone than others, or may be beetle rather than worm.
I'm no woodworm expert, but I would just try to isolate the effected logs and burn them.
Timber is more likely to be your man
Sorry wood identification only goes as far as woody type wood, although the dust and holes does seem to be random ?
House isn't showing any piles of dust anywhere, our house is arts and crafts edwardian all exposed wood, oak floors and 100yr old pine staircases and features, 100 yr old doors and lots of oak and pine furniture, we haven't had a fire in months , maybe since feb ?
I'm confident we have not brought it in
As for the firewood
Should I get shot of it all ??
Woodworm can't survive in houses with modern heating. They need cool and damp conditions (your logs).
Just burn all your logs normally.
Nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
Just exercise good "hygiene" when you bring the logs in - don't leave them lying around by the stove, burn them straight away. Read up on the life cycle of the woodworm and that might help you to decide how to deal with the stuff.
I'm no expert but as said if your house is dry you should be ok.
I've just replaced the entire ground floor inc. Sub floor because if the things.
They were only in the damp sections, the dry bits were ok in general, our problem was there weren't many dry bits. As long as you're sure your sub floor is well ventilated and dry then proper hygiene as suggested and you should be fine
Put another way, if wooden bits of your house have been damp for ages, they will already have woodworm in. If your house is warm and dry, woodworm are not going to start eating your house.
Bringing in some logs won't change anything.
Bit late back to this, but not worth getting rid of the firewood. Just stack it away from the building if concerned and just bring in to burn. Which is pretty much what most others have already mentioned.
Parents place is a timber frame building, burnt plenty of stuff with worm there, just kept the main stack in an out building.
Tomorrow it is pissing down apparently, so I shall be log splitting.