holes in wood!

[dizzy dame]

We have these perfectly round holes showing up in our floors, door facing, table legs and other places, has anyone else had these? I know I have written about something taking the finish off some of the furniture and also made a place in the ceramic tile of one bathroom.

Yesterday I was cleaning the guest bathroom (getting ready for a guest) and I saw one of those holes in the bottom flange of the commode! What the heck could eat a perfect round hole in the commode? This is really tooo weird! I tried to show my DH (in this case dumb not dear) the holes and he always has an answer that doesn't even come close to truth. (If I knew the truth of what it is). On the bedroom set he said they drilled those holes on purpose...... They must have slipped in here while I was sleeping, cause I never saw them there before when I dusted!

Any one else with these?? DD

[Janice]

If you do not control or eliminate the source of the moisture, the mold will keep coming back. Besides, the same conditions that favor mold growth also attract other undesirable pests, like dust mites and termites.

[dizzy dame]

Janice, thank you for your response, but we have had all water problems taken care of in our house a long time ago. Bathrooms were ripped out and completely redone, all three of them. thanks anyway. DD

[Janice]

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[Janice]

You are very welcome!

[Bee]

The only perfectly round holes I've seen are outside caused by Wood Bees.
But you'll see sawdust. Termites can eat through concrete. But that is werid !

[Janice]

Drywood termites generally live (feed and nest) in undecayed wood which has a very low moisture content. Unlike subterranean termites, they do not require any contact with the soil in order to live. Thus, they can seriously damage movable wooden objects such as furniture. In the United States, drywood termites are found in a narrow strip from Virginia, south to Florida, along the Gulf of Mexico and from Mexico to northern California on the Pacific coast.

A male and female pair work their way into the wood chosen for the nest. The opening through which they enter the wood is sealed with a plug of brown cement-like material about 1/8-inch in diameter. Behind this plug they excavate a chamber where the queen lays the first eggs. The nymphs which hatch from these eggs perform the work of the colony. Soldiers and reproductives develop from these nymphs. There is no distinct worker caste as in subterranean termites.

During the swarming season, nymphs make round holes 1/16- to 1/8-inch in diameter through which the reproductive forms leave the wood. When swarming is completed, these holes are plugged in the same way as the entrance holes. Damage done by drywood termites is entirely different from that caused by subterranean termites. These termites cut across the grain of the wood, excavating large chambers which are connected by small tunnels.

The chambers and tunnels being used by the colony are kept clean. Excreta and other debris are stored in unused chambers or cast out through small openings in the wood.

[hurtin1]

Wow Dizzy,,I dont know what could make a hole in a comode base,,its kiln fired CERAMIC!! Tough stuff..........

[weredIgo]

Hi DD,
I'm am one who believes I've had this since a child. Things I've had and dealt with all my life points to morgs I really feel. Born in 52, I have a big book of childrens bible stories that has what looks like two small drilled holes. They go all the way through. Couple of pictures of me as small child have odd shaped holes too. I know there are book lice and book worms, but there is just something about those perfect holes that I feel is a clue. So much of what is going on now explains what I experianced as a child.
You know, something has eaten the finish off of my brand new cabinets. Also when I got new bedroom furniture it had a slight distressed finish. One day while laying down, I took mag glass to look at an inperfection in the wood on my night stand (kind of a slanted raised hole) and I was taken aback to see a tiny, tiny small fly insect. Looked like it injected itself slanted in like a bullet. Made me wonder once again about where they get the wood and how everything is made in far off countries and shipped here. Morgs are in my bathroom stone floor, in the laminet wood flooring and seem to like to mark everything new that came in. I have not seen new holes yet, but lately I have heard things hitting the walls. Hve you ever heard bugs hitting a light fixture? You know like ping ping ping. Only this is like a tap. I'll hear taps in succession hitting the walls mostly at night. I have heard it in the day to though. So it is makeing me wonder if there will be more bites or now maybe holes in things next.
I also wonder about the mold connection because my whole house was redone because of it years ago. Everything tore out and replaced.
What in the world could have such power. It becomes more clear why we can't kill it.
Want a laugh, I feel I've got one foot in the grave with this mess, 99 lbs, doubled over in pain most of the time lately and on and on with the skin thing. Still with all this I'm told fri. appt. at dr. I should go to goony dr to see what is bothering me. @#$%^&* @#$%^&* @#$%^&* @#$%^&* @#$%^&* @#$%^&* @#$%^&*


C

[dizzy dame]

Hurtin1, I know! I was so taken surprised by this place on the commode, I thought good Lord if they can make holes in that thing, what else can they do? I don't think I want to know.

weredIgo, I haven't looked with a mag glass to see if there is an insect in these holes, they look empty, but anything is possible. We had our bathrooms remodled about 7 years ago, not all from water damage, but just to update them mostly. One bathroom had a bad seal under the commode and had some water damage to it. I have only been seeing these holes for the last 5 or six months. I have been thinking about it and the first holes I noticed was in a new set of b'fast room table and chairs...this set was made in Maylasia, now I wonder if they came in in that or is it part of morgs?
We have had some furniture that has lost its finish to something! Wow this stuff never ends. So weird! DD