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Hello All,

This is for my brothers house. There were some small pencil lead sized holes and some powder seen in the window frames ( white sal wood). Initially it was only in one frame and now we see it in other 2 frames as well. Its not the whole frame but just one piece of wood ( one side) in each frame. Pest control guys came in and applied some stuff but looks like its not stopping. Any remedies for it ? We are afraid because this is a new house and at the pace it making the holes, the frame might loose its strenght soon and may become brittle .

From a quick googling it says that it might be due to the larvas inside the wood . Is it because of bad quality wood ? We had inspected the wood during purchase by different folks and nobody had any doubts on the quality. Will it spread more or it will stop after some time on its own ? Any remedies to control/fix this ?

It is due to not treating the raw wood properly. The premieres are as follow
Option-1
1. have inspection of all woods. Many be back side of frame abetting wall.( How do to. Remove the plaster and inspect). It is very tough thing but it help to analysis the nature of problem.
Option-2
Remove entire window and inspect the frame and treat the wood with right materials by an expert.( dont belive on antitermite people they are not expert in treating wood as if they projected). Go to the treating plant where wood has beeen treated.
Option -3
apply lime wash over the window frame furthur sperading of termite will be stooped.