Wormy Wood Flooring ≠Wood Flooring Quality Problem

The floor is wormy. Isn't it caused by the floor? Yes, not all worms are made from wooden floors. For qualified wooden floors, there are generally no insects. Because high-temperature baking is an indispensable process in the production of wooden floors. This process, carried out in a high-temperature and wet environment, while fully drying the wood and maintaining a certain moisture content, will also kill insects and early eggs that may exist in the wood. Then why does the wooden floor grow worms?

Reasons:

1. Because many blockboards, particle board and other materials will be used in the process of home decoration, as well as many wooden furniture, it is easy to grow worms when encountering the appropriate temperature and humidity. Without professional deworming before processing, wood is easy to grow insects. There is no doubt that wood flooring will become the primary choice for insect invasion. Therefore, when worms appear on the local plate, we must first find out where the insects are. Only by controlling the source of insects can the insects be effectively controlled.

2. Bugs do come out of the floor, but they are not necessarily caused by wooden floors. Many consumers pay great attention to the quality of the wooden floor itself when laying wooden floors, but often ignore the quality of the wooden keel. If the water content of the wood keel is too high or the wood itself is not dewormed, it may also bury hidden dangers.

3. The wooden floor accumulates dust can hides insects. In addition to the quality of the wooden floor, there is also a possibility that the seams on the floor are relatively large, resulting in dirty things leaking and breeding worms. Therefore, when laying the floor, try not to leave large gaps except for the necessary expansion.

Solutions:

1. Boron-based powder. It can be dissolved in water and then applied to wood. You can use it as a moth treatment spray, or you can simply apply it with a brush. The advantage of this solution is that it will not emit unpleasant smoke. In order to treat moths in furniture, most professionals use a compound called permethrin. It works because it can paralyse and eliminate beetles. However, it emits an unpleasant odour, which may be harmful to children or pets exposed to treated wood.

2. When the warm season begins, wrap a few fresh acorns in a cloth and the beetles might lay their eggs in the cloth, and the larvae will feed themselves with the acorn. After the breeding season ends, you simply dispose of the cloth and the pesky little wood worms in there.

3. Wrap the infested area in plastic, and leave just one smore hole through which you spray insecticide. If it’s just a small area that’s been affected, then this method could prove highly efficient.

4. If the damage is serious, it’s better to find a professional wood floor company to deal with it. They can solve the worm perfectly and prevent it. What's more, floor inspection price is low, which is an economic choice. (This service is also offered to our customers.)

Preventions:

First of all, you need to check the humidity levels in your house. Renew your ventilation systems. Secondly, use a timber moisture meter and measure the moisture level in your floors and furniture. The moisture content should be below 12%. Thirdly, you should make sure that all the affected and infested wood is out of the house. Wood worms can spread from one wooden item to another. Consider getting ultraviolet insect killers. That might help you get rid of emerging adult beetles in the spring and summer periods. In fact, worms of floors are in inspection checklist for plywood, so you can contact us to free you of worries.