Help with identifying hold ?

[mdnorth]

Hello I have moved house and acquired an extended garage set about clearing it out and found on one poor looking roof joist brown spherical balls, which I thought were resin from the wood but one of my mates touched a one and it disintegrated into powder. The wood also looks bad with wood worn, just wondering if anyone has seen this before. Many thanks Mark

 

[gregers]

pics?
it may just be the resin from the timber leeching out?

 

[mdnorth]

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• mdnorth
• 27 Aug 2014
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[foxhole]

It's left by the woodworm.

 

[AronSearle]

When you scrape away the nodules, are there/how big are the holes in mm behind them.

 

[mdnorth]

Not that I can see, my friend touched a one and it broke apart into dust, I cant see, it does look like this peice of wood is riddled with wood worn though. Cheers Mark

 

[AronSearle]

In softwood joists, insects typically only attack wet or decayed timber, except for longhorn but that's only in the Surrey area.

So if it is insect damage, it's worth find out why.

The exit hole size will help identify the type of insect.

It could be something that is no longer active and nothing to worry about (likely), or something that needs a nuclear solution (unlikely).

 

[mdnorth]

Thats great so basically its not mould but more than likely left by an insect as yet unnamed. The joist to be fair can be easily replaced, which is what I intended to do, just didn't want to have spores all over the place. Cheers

 

[gregers]

think id be more worried about that strange metal thing that seems to be growing out of the timber.