Wormy Logs

[rustcutter]

It will be a problem if they spread to your wood shed if built from wood or your house flooring !!

 

only if your shed or house are built out of unseasoned Ash!

[sime42]

As Rustcutter said really. When I chipped off the bark they were still there, (or bits of them after I'd been at it with a bill hook!). They were in the cambium or a little bit under it into the sap wood, but no more than a couple of mm. Didn't seem to like the real wood.

I'm pretty certain that non of the structural timber in the house is made of ash, and even it were there's not gonna be any fresh cambium around. So I'm resting easy now.

Cheers chaps.

 

(I have seen ash used for building, but only once out in the country in an old place. I don't think it was that common. But I would stand corrected if I'm wrong. Anyone else know if it was ever widely used for construction purposes? It's obviously strong but I'm sure it doesn't have the durability of oak for instance)

 

 

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