The borer library

Written for people deciding something about a particular house: whether to buy it, what a report means, whether the holes in the floor matter. Each guide ends with what an inspection would add.

• Is borer a deal breaker?When borer should change an offer on a house, and when it should not
• Borer in a building reportWhat the common borer phrases in a pre-purchase report can and cannot tell you
• House borer by build yearWhich New Zealand houses carry house borer, era by era, and why the framing timber decides it
• Two-toothed longhornThe native longhorn that tunnels through heartwood: oval holes, autumn emergence, damp subfloors
• Powderpost beetleThe hardwood-only beetle behind talc-fine dust in tawa, rewarewa and oak floors and furniture
• Borer bombs and spraysWhat foggers, surface sprays, injectors and borate products each reach, and when DIY is enough
• Flight seasonThe months each borer flies in New Zealand, and what that means for treatment and for buyers
• Huhu in the houseWhy huhu in house timber points to wet wood, and where the moisture usually comes from