New flooring is installed and finished and then months or even years later small holes develop.
My hardwood floors have bug holes.
The holes are created when the adult beetle emerges from its underground womb and they can also cause a lot of damage from within the flooring too.
If you see larger holes up to the size of a dime this could indicate you have old house borers.
Now back to the floor.
I just had my new hardwood floor installed.
First the adult beetle lays its eggs on the wood surface then the larva bores through.
If there are termites you will see holes in the food or the wood will seem layered with brown frass.
These small beetles grow to about 1 8 inch long as adults.
But as long as the damage is shallow in the coating and not in the wood itself you can renew the hardwood floor by adding a new coat of polyurethane right over the old finish.
If you have hardwood floors the infestation can t be seen even for some years.
Their damage to hardwood flooring happens when their larvae bore into the wood through surface cracks.
But pay a close attention whether the joist is load bearing or not.
So laminate starts to sag and blister.
Start your search around the floor s edges and under windows where adult beetles tend to fly towards light.
The floor was installed for a good deal.
I am now concerning that they may used lower grade of material.
I have seen what you described many times.
The insects emerge as adults through tiny round exit holes.
Floor tiles become loose if termites damage joists floor supports the floor may start sagging.
Of course if you have found such a rotten joist or floor board you can try to sand it to living tissue and cover with special chemical against termites.
Small holes caused by woodworm are typically found below the floor s surface.
I live in texas.
The floor is red oak.
These are emergence holes made by adult beetles leaving the wood.
Most hardwood floors have been dried and aged but were part of a tree and then board at one time.
Larvae hatch enter the wood and feed excreting sawdust like waste called frass that is often visible on the floor.
Regardless of where an infestation has started evidence will eventually emerge in these places.
This how to refinish wood floors article will show you how to do just that.
But afterwards floors be one weaker.
These beetles grow to 1 2 to 1 inch long and only attack softwoods primarily pine.
If the floor is infected with bettles or termites when will i see them.
Additionally old house borer exit holes are typically oval with ragged edges.
