[Greenbuilding] Oak

[Sacie Lambertson]

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>I've had good luck getting rid of powder post beetles in boards by heating
>them to 140 degrees F or a little higher if you can manage it. Heat is the
>only way I know to kill the critters.


I had forgotten about the heating solution.  I thought about wrapping 
my beams with black poly and leaving them out in the heat of the 
summer, but it wasn't practical.  Not difficult for a few boards though. Sacie