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Common furniture beetle (woodworm)

wood decay, wood preservative / By Nigel Foster

The Common Furniture Beetle (Anobium punctatum) is a type of woodworm that belongs to the family Anobiidae. Despite its name, the term “common” with emphasis on ‘furniture’ is misleading, as this beetle primarily resides in the sapwood of structural and joinery timber. The larvae bore into the sapwood and then pupate into adult beetles. When

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Boron timber preservative

wood preservative / By Nigel Foster

Fungicidal treatments for timber, such as dry and wet rot, are used with Disodium Octaborate, a boron-based compound. Typically, this compound is dissolved in monoethylene glycol. Boron has been a staple in the timber preservation industry for over five decades. Primarily, it is used as an inorganic borate. Its efficacy as a fungicide is well-established,

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