Woodworm is the most common problem by which each and every house gets affected. They cause damage to the wood structure of your home. Wood is their favorite fruit and woodworm love eating wood. They enter the wood and destroy it upto its root structure which weakens the wood structure and ultimately the wood destroys.
Woodworm gets into house timbers in two main ways. The flying woodworm beetle lays eggs, hatch out and burrow into the wood. Secondhand furniture brought into the house may already have woodworm, which then spreads to the house timbers.
It is very hard to prevent the flying woodworm from entering the house but by removing the dead wood that is present near the house, you can deprive them of a home where they could build up a colony before moving into your home.
It is better if we use woodworm treatment once we have purchased the furniture because if they are not detected early they can cause disasters and the preservatives already present in them will stop them from entering. To save our house and furniture from woodworm, we just have to follow some simple steps. We just have to take care of the ceilings and floors for our home because most of the homes are constructed mainly from wood.
Timely, make inspection of the wood and search for the small holes because these are the main gateways to enter the wood. By just focusing on these simple things, a person can make the house safe from woodworm.