I attend, and am organist for a small Lutheran church in Sebring, Florida. We've just been informed that one of the wood laminate beams in the church has powder post beetles. We've received an estimate for treatment from Terminix. They said that this will require tenting of the entire church for 4 days with fumigation. There were also termites discovered in a separate community hall. The treatment, per their estimate, will cost $19,000. This really isn't an option, since this is very small and not very prosporous congregation. Is there anything you could suggest regarding treating this ourselves, and would the Terminix solution (tenting etc.) be realistic??
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We live in Hawaii and recently purchased a 3-year-old home with solid bamboo prefinished flooring installed almost everywhere. The seller had disclosed that several boards in the flooring had been replaced because of powderpost beetle infestation and we thought the problem was solved. However just days before we closed, we found evidence of emergence of more beetles from the bamboo flooring in a totally different location. The evidence was pinpoint holes surrounded with half-inch circles of fine white powder.
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A client just returned something I framed 3 years ago because she found "sawdust" on the matting. I opened the backing and found ppbeetles alive and well. How do I treat the frame? Will more beetles emerge? The framed piece is an antique fabric embroidered piece. Will the beetles harm the fabric? Will they spread and contaminate my art studio? What do I do about them?
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I have an armoire that has confirmed powder post beetles. I have had this furniture (bought new)for almost 2yrs and have noticed the "sawdust" piles for about a year. Your site gave me great info on this beetle-what it is, treatment, etc. My local pest control company had told me that i needed to fumigate for 3days (at their location) and had to be done in 70 degree weather or above, truck rental expense,costing lots of money. Seems i can handle this w/Boracare myself.
My question is : My piece of furniture is stained-inside and out-not varnished or polyurethaned. Can i apply Boracare to the outside and the "finish" not be noticeably ruined?
Thanks for your insight! K.
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I believe that I have powderpost beetles in a 2006 RV that I just purchased. They seem to be concentrated only in the bathroom of the RV. The walls have wallpaper on them. Can I apply the Boracare to the wallpaper? Will it penatrate through wallpaper?
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