June AllenEven The Queen Farts! Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 Can anyone recommend a good and reputable company to treat our Capricorne (I never heard of them either!) They seem to have been feasting on our floorboards and roof trusses for a long while, most of which are now piles of dust!Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 If you say where you are people will be better able to to help you.The South-West covers a large area.Thanks for the information about the Queen although I believe most members of this board will know it already. Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dordogne Granny Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 Hi Roger, i leave in Siorac where i run a property management services company. I send you a PM to give you the name and details of a reliable company to treat capricorne. RegardsSabine www.en-toute-saisons.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJT Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 Could you also send me the name please? We too have a problem with Capricorne. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dordogne Granny Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 Hi there, I've send you a PMBest regardsSabine www.en-toutes-saisons.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
June AllenEven The Queen Farts! Posted April 8, 2005 Author Share Posted April 8, 2005 Sabine, thank you very much for the information on STAD. I have made contact with them and they are going to carry out a survey on my house. The company that did the obligatory inspection are saying they can't do the work because of some silly law in France regarding a clash of interests.Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dordogne Granny Posted April 9, 2005 Share Posted April 9, 2005 You're right Roger! France has quite silly laws !!But anyway, STAD is a realiable company and sure you will be happy of their jobDo not hesitate to contact me if i can help in another point RegardsSabine www.en-toutes-saisons.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tants Posted April 9, 2005 Share Posted April 9, 2005 You could of course treat the wood yourself with xylophene or something similar. It's a messy job, but much cheaper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJT Posted April 9, 2005 Share Posted April 9, 2005 Hi Tants, we have received a few quotes and they are very expensive. I would love to think we could do it ourselves by painting xylophene on but we have been told that the wood must be injected to be effective. We were told painting it on does not get rid of the Capricorne inside the wood. Is this true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
June AllenEven The Queen Farts! Posted April 9, 2005 Author Share Posted April 9, 2005 [quote]You could of course treat the wood yourself with xylophene or something similar. It's a messy job, but much cheaper[/quote]Thank you Tants, but I want to make sure I get rid of the things! And you get a guarentee from the professionals.Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feuillant Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 hiif you are anywhere near Toulouse I can heartily recommend the chaps who did out beetle kill - and they used environmentally friendly products (ie so's not to get into the food chain or harm bats or birds) AND they came when they said and cleaned up afterwards AND they weren't frightfully expensive...!Capricorn are house longhorn beetle, which you can get in south-eastern England, too.Contact me for the name and number of the chaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athene Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 [quote]Hi Tants, we have received a few quotes and they are very expensive. I would love to think we could do it ourselves by painting xylophene on but we have been told that the wood must be injected to be ...[/quote]You are correct in what you say you have to inject and spray to get rid of all these bugs effectively! We went to a large national company the last time we went through this process as it is a continuous battle, one treatment is not the end! If I remember correctly, it is every 5 years for beams and every 10 years for the walls and ground! This last time, we were very pleased with the product they used as it was not as vile smelling as the old stuff. They tried to pass it off as environmentally friendly but we had our doubts about that! You have to keep an eye on the work though as they said on the quote the beams had to be injected from both sides because they are very thick and we discovered when my husband shinned up the ladder that they had not done the treatments on the side you cannot see from the ground. They probably thought that the elderly English gent would shell out his euros without recourse to ladders! So they were disappointed and had to come back and do the job they had charged for despite them saying to us they did not need to as we had the guarantees and if the bugs returned, they would come back to re-treat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tants Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 We had Capricorns, as well as the usual woodworm in our house in the Limousin. I sprayed everything, and although I'm no expert, all seemed fine afterwards. Note I said spray, not paint, as it gets deeper into all the cracks and splits in the wood. Sometimes I think these companies tend to prey on your fears, and charge a fortune. Having said that, products like xylophene aren't cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeClough Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 I am in the process of buying a house near Carcassonne, but the inspection has indicated evidence of capricorn beetles in a veranda. The inspector did not regard it as a matter of any great concern and said that in most houses in the area he would find evidence of capricorns.How serious are capricorn beetles and can anybody give me an idea of how much treatment costs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Avery Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 MikeThere are two schools of thought, one is that capricorn only infest the outer "layer" of wood, take years to do any damage and so are relatively harmless, they used to just hack off the affected wood in the old days.The other view is that they are large woodworm and can do serious damage, I subscribe to the latter view and have some oak beams eaten through, perhaps over many years by capricorn grubs and fly. Treatment costs depends on the size of the area to be treated and methods required, have a survey done, they are normally free and without obligation, you will also find out if you have termites, I have and must be the first house in the area to be affcted, the surveyor thinks that it is possible that the wood was infested prior to use as we are not in a known "termite" area.If you PM me I'll give you the name of the people from Toulouse who did my work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athene Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 [quote]Mike There are two schools of thought, one is that capricorn only infest the outer "layer" of wood, take years to do any damage and so are relatively harmless, they used to just hack off the affected...[/quote]The firm that did our treatment were Pellin, they are a national company, and they say you can live in the house whilst the treatment is on-going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchgypsies Posted May 28, 2005 Share Posted May 28, 2005 I too have discovered bugs. We have just bought a house in the Tarn et Garonne. Whilst starting a loft conversion, I heard the horrible annoying grinding noises within the rafters and beams. Further inspection revealed plenty of fresh sawdust. I dug into the beams and found one live slim black beetle with split wings. It was only about 10 millimetres long with a whitish undercarriage. In a similar area within the trenches, I also found a white larva grub which was bigger than the beetle. Can anyone identify these. I have tried sites on the internet without much success (more likely due to my poor internet skills !). Are they termites ? Are they Capricorn ? And if they are termites, do I have any recourse on the inspector who declared it termite free at the Notaires last month ? Any replies would be most appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furry Knickers Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 It sounds very much like you have the dreaded Minuteus Fluk Beetles! These are very rare indeed, and should be harvested and preserved for future generations to see. These were last seen in Coventry in 1947 in Gulson road Hospital where they multiplied in a patients large toe.They are extremely destructive to wood and woodchip wallpaper, and should be removed with caution and great care so as not to harm them, they are a protected species and you could be prosecuted if they are damaged.What happened to the "fart" in We All Fart?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athene Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 [quote]It sounds very much like you have the dreaded Minuteus Fluk Beetles! These are very rare indeed, and should be harvested and preserved for future generations to see. These were last seen in Coventry i...[/quote]All these bugs and 'betes' are the price of living in the beautiful French countryside! We discovered this time that something had fallen through the large gap round the bathroom ventilation pipes leading to the roof cavity. (The closing off of this gap has been a 'round-to-it' job for a long time - too long!) The wretched thing had stripped off the wall paper and 'committed atrosities' on the chest of drawers! It was not pleasant clearing it up I can tell you! Whether it was a marten or a squirrel, I do not know but come Monday we will close off the gap permanently! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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