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Best Product for Woodworms on Attic

  • 01-08-2017 12:55pm
    #1
    sabinalee
    Registered Users Posts: 193 ✭✭


    Hi,

    Can anuone recommend the best known for youus product to treat woodworms?
    Thee level of infestation structural surveyor said is... just beginning... so my brother could wear PPE and try to do it by himself..

    Any advice will be much appreciated.

    Thank you


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  • #2
    lgk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 589 ✭✭✭lgk


    Painful job, but the likes of Protim available in any proper builders providers will do the trick. Note builders providers, not DIY type place where it'll cost way more. You can buy it in 25l drums which you may need if there's a lot to treat.

    Use one of those cheap garden sprayers with a lance to get it right into the tight spaces. Wear gloves, eye protection and a decent respirator.

    Do it on a cooler day, on a hot day you don't want to spend too much time in an attic full of vapours.


  • #3
    sabinalee
    Registered Users Posts: 193 ✭✭sabinalee


    Thank Your for your help here.

    Hope my brother will manage to do it. How do you kmow that you properly thrownth3m f4om the attic?
    We just bought a house. Lots of money spend and not really any left to hire proffesiomals... Rentokill gave me 1000e price which we cant afford it right now.


  • #4
    tabby aspreme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,023 ✭✭✭tabby aspreme


    For woodworm to live in wood it must be damp , moisture% of 18 plus, did the surveyor explain to you how come the wood is damp, how did he come to the conclusion that it is the start of the infestation.


  • #5
    lgk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 589 ✭✭✭lgk


    sabinalee wrote: »
    How do you kmow that you properly thrownth3m f4om the attic?

    ?

    If you mean how do you know you've eliminated the problem, you can only be sure after a couple of years where you see no signs of activity. Larvae spend 3-4 yeahs inside the wood before emerging releasing the tell tale signs of wood dust. If there are no fresh signs of dust after 4-5 years, you've won.

    Be methodical in the application, ensure all exposed surfaces are treated, maybe even give them a second coat to be sure.


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