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woodworm

10 Un-Boring Woodworm Facts

Brigitta for rentokil.ie | October 12, 2010
Some might say that the words ‘interesting’ and ‘woodworm’ cannot possibly go together, but you would be surprised. Either that or my sense of what is interesting is completely warped. Most people think woodworm damage looks like little bullet holes that become visible on the surface of timber. Other signs can also include traces of [...]

Is Your House Falling Down?

Brigitta for rentokil.ie | August 19, 2010
Take a regularly flooded cellar, mix with woodworm infested timbers, add in an attack of Masonry bees, crumbling brickwork and rot – and what do you get? A house that is quite literally falling down. In short, a catastrophe. But thank goodness for online downloads, otherwise I would have missed the first episode of this [...]

The Biggest Myth About Rentokil

Danusia for rentokil.com | January 20, 2010
Rentokil. What images does the name conjure up for you? What do you automatically start to think. Well, here is the biggest myth that needs banishing. The company was started by a hitman: Nope, it was started by a professor of entomology at Imperial College, London in 1924. Harold Maxwell-Lefroy had been investigating ways to kill [...]

Serious Woodworm Damage Expected This Year

Danusia for rentokil.com | May 28, 2009
According to historical data, this year could be a particularly bad year for damage by woodboring insects. But why? Well, after an egg has been laid and the larvae has burrowed deep into the timber, it takes 3 ½ to 4 years for the larvae to fully develop. Considering the stats say increased sightings were [...]