ᐅ New hardwood flooring has small holes – woodworm beetles? Hardwood flooring in a new building
Created on: 23 Apr 2018 00:49
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Khullx1
Hi,
about two months ago (at the end of February 2018), the flooring installer laid parquet flooring (Haro country oak planks, oiled) in our new apartment. Everything was covered with a very thin fleece to protect it from scratches or damage by other tradespeople. Most of the work is finally finished, and the move-in should take place in the next few days. However, after removing the fleece from most rooms today, we discovered some "strange" holes in one plank while vacuuming and cleaning. After a brief online search, we found a "suspicious" beetle in another room.
We have two pictures of the plank and one of the beetle. Can anyone help us and tell if we might have a problem or what exactly these images could show?
From what I found online, it seems similar to a "parquet beetle," and visually the holes look like that, and the beetle could match as well. But as laypersons, we can’t be sure.
If it is this type of beetle, does that basically mean we have to remove and replace the entire floor?
Here are the mentioned pictures (click to enlarge):
Plank Part 1
Plank Part 2
Beetle
Thank you very much for any help and best regards!
about two months ago (at the end of February 2018), the flooring installer laid parquet flooring (Haro country oak planks, oiled) in our new apartment. Everything was covered with a very thin fleece to protect it from scratches or damage by other tradespeople. Most of the work is finally finished, and the move-in should take place in the next few days. However, after removing the fleece from most rooms today, we discovered some "strange" holes in one plank while vacuuming and cleaning. After a brief online search, we found a "suspicious" beetle in another room.
We have two pictures of the plank and one of the beetle. Can anyone help us and tell if we might have a problem or what exactly these images could show?
From what I found online, it seems similar to a "parquet beetle," and visually the holes look like that, and the beetle could match as well. But as laypersons, we can’t be sure.
If it is this type of beetle, does that basically mean we have to remove and replace the entire floor?
Here are the mentioned pictures (click to enlarge):
Plank Part 1
Plank Part 2
Beetle
Thank you very much for any help and best regards!
ateliersiegel15 Dec 2024 13:06The forum can help clarify that something needs to be resolved, but any doubts about the actual problem cannot be settled here; this requires an expert report (unless the flooring installer agrees beforehand). From my point of view, this is a "very unfortunate situation," but if it is not resolved as quickly as possible, the trouble could become much worse...
I did not pay attention to the timing of the posts.
I did not pay attention to the timing of the posts.