Hi Everyone,
We have a 1900s house with a suspended ground floor and I have had to remove the whole of it because everything, I mean everything, had been eaten by wood worm
I'm going to have to do it up to control standards and adding extra ventilation.
The joists were sat on a wooden wall plate which was absolutely obliterated and it was set into the mortar bed of the wall. So to improve durability of the wall plate is there any new materials since the 1900s that has created an insect proof and moisture resistant wall plate in order to increase the life of the floor or is it just plain wood?
I'm going to see if I can get treated wood if the only option is to have to use wood
Thanks in advance!
We have a 1900s house with a suspended ground floor and I have had to remove the whole of it because everything, I mean everything, had been eaten by wood worm
I'm going to have to do it up to control standards and adding extra ventilation.
The joists were sat on a wooden wall plate which was absolutely obliterated and it was set into the mortar bed of the wall. So to improve durability of the wall plate is there any new materials since the 1900s that has created an insect proof and moisture resistant wall plate in order to increase the life of the floor or is it just plain wood?
I'm going to see if I can get treated wood if the only option is to have to use wood
Thanks in advance!