My Hardwood Floors Have Bug Holes

Hardwood floor refinishing can help you get rid of those unsightly scratches and marks.

My hardwood floors have bug holes.

If there are termites you will see holes in the food or the wood will seem layered with brown frass. The holes are created when the adult beetle emerges from its underground womb and they can also cause a lot of damage from within the flooring too. Larvae hatch enter the wood and feed excreting sawdust like waste called frass that is often visible on the floor. I have seen what you described many times.

Start your search around the floor s edges and under windows where adult beetles tend to fly towards light. Termites may eat the backing of the laminate floors. If you have hardwood floors the infestation can t be seen even for some years. The floor was installed for a good deal.

Their damage to hardwood flooring happens when their larvae bore into the wood through surface cracks. I am now concerning that they may used lower grade of material. The floor is red oak. But afterwards floors be one weaker.

If you see larger holes up to the size of a dime this could indicate you have old house borers. Small holes caused by woodworm are typically found below the floor s surface. These small beetles grow to about 1 8 inch long as adults. Of course if you have found such a rotten joist or floor board you can try to sand it to living tissue and cover with special chemical against termites.

This how to refinish wood floors article will show you how to do just that. Floor tiles become loose if termites damage joists floor supports the floor may start sagging. First the adult beetle lays its eggs on the wood surface then the larva bores through. These are emergence holes made by adult beetles leaving the wood.

I live in texas. So laminate starts to sag and blister. The insects emerge as adults through tiny round exit holes. But as long as the damage is shallow in the coating and not in the wood itself you can renew the hardwood floor by adding a new coat of polyurethane right over the old finish.

Now back to the floor. Most hardwood floors have been dried and aged but were part of a tree and then board at one time. I just had my new hardwood floor installed. New flooring is installed and finished and then months or even years later small holes develop.

If the floor is infected with bettles or termites when will i see them. But pay a close attention whether the joist is load bearing or not. Additionally old house borer exit holes are typically oval with ragged edges.