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26th October 2011, 01:31 PM #1New Member
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Termites, enough to make one cry!
Went to the back of the farm where I have/ had some 10"x2" jarrah along with 800lm of 4x2 that I picked up from somewhere. Pile looked like a pile of wood, Lo and behold, move the top layer, termites. I thought jarrah was termite resistant. Did a little search and turns out it must be Karri which termites obviously adore. Question is do I bother to try and thickness off the eaten part or one huge bonfire. Is there an easy way to kill the existing termites in 120+ 7m lengths of timber?
Please go and look at your woodpile! I wish I had. It was all fine last summer.
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26th October 2011, 06:33 PM #2
I'm guessing you had the timber sitting on the ground or close to it? need to keep it well up of the ground with plenty of Air flow under neath and between the lengths (spaces) and keep it dry !! Move the timber away from that spot that will stop the termites from returning to the nest and keep it high of the ground with plenty of air flow keeping it in the sunlight for 3-4 days (The termites will move out and go back in the ground ) ...then move it Into a shed if possible (concrete floor) is best! remember to space your timber and keep it high and dry
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26th October 2011, 07:16 PM #3New Member
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My mistake, after "rescuing all of this timber I have allowed this to happen. Was about 100mm off of the ground on hardwood bearers theat havent been touched. I fear that most of it is firewood. Might put some through the thicknesser to see how it comes out. I will lay it out in the sun tomorrow and give it a bit of Carbarol.
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26th October 2011, 09:29 PM #4Old handle
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G'day mate,
don't give up on that worked on pile because for some years now I have been making furniture out of the timber white ants have been munching on, they give amazing detail to the surface and if you can get over the shock of first seeing them at work, you may be able to use the remainder to your advantage. But if you want straight sound sticks, as they said high and dry!
Cheers Oddjob1
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27th October 2011, 11:50 PM #5GOLD MEMBER
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A bit late now, but in future stack timber well off the ground. Obviously the ants have come from the ground and gone all the way to the top. I should imagine you will find a seasonal nest some where towards the centre of the pack. They will be using your timber stack as they would a tree.
Set up a decent foundation for your stack ie brick or block piers 200mm high topped with ant caps, Run two bearers over the piers 800mm apart running with the length of the stack, Then 1000mm gluts at 450mm centres across the bearers. Keep the grass away and you should be ant free.
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7th November 2011, 08:19 PM #6New Member
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The first piece of information is that termites eat wood that is affected by decay organisms, and therefore, logic has it that wood that is unaffected by fungi are unattractive to termites. What this means is that any piece of timber that at one time stood as a living tree in a forest that when exposed to any form of injury is automatically affected by wood rotting fungi, which will carry the affect to its wood all the way to the frame of a house or in your case, to the sawn and stacked timber in your shed. Termites target decayed wood that is always affected by fungi and never healthy wood albeit sap wood.
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