David Wadstrup
03-16-2013, 10:50 AM
Hi,
I'm looking for some peace of mind. I've recently purchased $2500 worth of lumber. Mostly walnut. Some sassafras. Mostly air dried. It is stickered in one large pile in my living room. For the last 3 weeks I've been storing a slab of myrtle on top of this pile. Yesterday I noticed 22 powder post beetle exit holes and, next to a couple of them, small piles of fine dust in the slab of myrtle. These holes were not there when the board was purchased. I've removed the infected board from the room and have bagged it up. I'm now worried about all of the rest of my lumber. Should I be?
I can't really chemically treat the lumber as it's in my shop which is in my living room. I have no way of heating this lumber. And even if I could who's to say it would do any good. Those 22 little beetles could just lay in wait somewhere else in the room waiting to pounce on these boards AFTER they were heated.
I guess there's nothing I can really do. Except hope for the best. So, I guess my question is: Do you feel it likely that these few insects could infest this lumber? What would you do?
Thanks,
David
PS I paid $200 for this 6' slab of myrtle. Now that it turns out to have been infested with PPB, do you feel I have the right to expect a refund?
I'm looking for some peace of mind. I've recently purchased $2500 worth of lumber. Mostly walnut. Some sassafras. Mostly air dried. It is stickered in one large pile in my living room. For the last 3 weeks I've been storing a slab of myrtle on top of this pile. Yesterday I noticed 22 powder post beetle exit holes and, next to a couple of them, small piles of fine dust in the slab of myrtle. These holes were not there when the board was purchased. I've removed the infected board from the room and have bagged it up. I'm now worried about all of the rest of my lumber. Should I be?
I can't really chemically treat the lumber as it's in my shop which is in my living room. I have no way of heating this lumber. And even if I could who's to say it would do any good. Those 22 little beetles could just lay in wait somewhere else in the room waiting to pounce on these boards AFTER they were heated.
I guess there's nothing I can really do. Except hope for the best. So, I guess my question is: Do you feel it likely that these few insects could infest this lumber? What would you do?
Thanks,
David
PS I paid $200 for this 6' slab of myrtle. Now that it turns out to have been infested with PPB, do you feel I have the right to expect a refund?