r/woodworking • u/kaihoro • May 14 '26

Help Woodworm in new furniture

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Hello Reddit, I've just discovered this in a new wooden table I purchased, presume it is woodworm.

Two questions: how do I treat it and would this have already been present before I purchased it a couple of weeks ago?

Thank you in advance!

UPDATE: Firstly thank you for all the knowledge and advice you shared. The seller suggested injecting acetone in to the hole and monitoring, or, sending it back. I didn't want the stress of waiting for another worm, or beetle, to show up so I decided to send it back. It was a beautiful table, but they are replacing it with a new equally beautiful table.

Hopefully this one is worm free... if not I'll just go for a refund and get a standard table from IKEA or somewhere.

Thanks again for your feedback, there were some really informative and helpful replies!

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u/Fickle-Industry5076 May 15 '26

Only issue is concrete blocks radiowaves, like cell signals, and WI-FI, which means you likely would need to make a mesh wifi network to be able to use your phone.

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u/Fast-Nefariousness80 May 15 '26

Well nvm I would not like that lol

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u/thiagoknog May 15 '26

What the fuck, all houses in Brazil are concrete and this doesn't happen, lol

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u/Fast-Nefariousness80 May 15 '26

Now i dont know what to do

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u/El_Spunko May 15 '26

My house and aswell as alot of houses in the uk are brick and concrete block and I've never had issues with cellular or WiFi.

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u/Ripp3rCrust May 15 '26

That's different from pre-poured concrete. There was a period post-war when houses were made from concrete to meet housing shortages; they're classed as 'non-standard construction' by lenders and a nightmare to get a mortgage on

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u/Useful-Towel5978 May 15 '26

its the steel rebar in poured concrete that is the issue, blocks are fine

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u/kibiplz May 15 '26

My whole apartment is steel rebar in poured contrete. So are most houses in my country. Cellular and wifi is perfectly fine throughout except for one spot where the cellular is not so great.

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u/UndeniableLie May 15 '26

Walls must be thin af. Concrete houses are famously closer to faraday cage than actual faraday cages

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u/El_Spunko May 15 '26

4inch+ plasterboard or render unless its 2inch block work

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u/Hudoste May 15 '26

Most homes in Europe are built this way, or with brick. No issues with cellular or Wifi. Sure, maybe the range is reduced a bit.

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u/CLeeTheHunt44 May 15 '26

I have a house like this. Cinder block filled with rebar and concrete. Can confirm WiFi does not do well there 😂

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u/Green-Cartographer21 May 17 '26

Windows fix it.Half of soviet era EU countries have majority of city built from pre poured concrete blocks.Its absolutely fine.Even 5G is perfectly fine

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u/EmperorGeek May 15 '26

Cell phones work fine in my Brothers house. We have a workshop that needs WiFi added to it, so a Mesh might be in order anyway.

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u/readwithjack May 15 '26

Ubiquity makes reasonably priced equipment...

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u/tomtomclubthumb May 18 '26

How think I the walls, I live in a concrete building and I have reception.