BOOKLICE IN NEW BUILD HELP

mom22

I have just moved into a new build (house lay idle for 2 years) no visible damp.. have booklice on all walls and kitchen cupboards.. have already tryed spraying and using an industrial size de humidifier ..and still have them!! any ideas??

melloa

ghostbusters

Beyondgone

Burn ALL your books.

Armchair Andy

Booklice you say?A Bible?
If they don't read it at least you can flog the fvckers.

Falthyron

They also seem to be affecting the capslock key on your keyboard - the bastárds!

mom22

I have got rid of almost everything.. nothing seems to work

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly

What do they look like? What size are they?

melloa

have you tried burning the house down?

Outlaw Pete

By law they have squatters rights.... I hope they open a thread about how to get rid of you!!

Armchair Andy

mom22 wrote:

I have got rid of almost everything.. nothing seems to work

They can reside in clothing too. Are you naked?

Beyondgone

mom22 wrote: »

I have got rid of almost everything.. nothing seems to work

Books are sneaky - have you checked down the back of the sofa? They could be anywhere, harbouring lice. It's often a PD James paperback behind the jax that is the culprit, or a Jeffrey Archer down the back of a radiator. I've been doing this years. Trust me.

mom22

they are tiny 1 to 2mm apparently they are due to the plaster not drying out properly

Stigura

Psocids in a new property? Simple answer is to live with them. Summer's coming. They'll shrivel up, naturally, soon enough.

Meanwhile, they're actually harmless. They'll just bug ye.

melloa

mom22 wrote: »

they are tiny 1 to 2mm apparently they are due to the plaster not drying out properly

ah youre talking about silverwings

DontThankMe

Burn the house down

Beyondgone

Stigura wrote: »

Psocids in a new property? Simple answer is to live with them. Summer's coming. They'll shrivel up, naturally, soon enough.

Meanwhile, they're actually harmless. They'll just bug ye.

We need fire. Stop trivialising this emergency.

This just reminded me that I haven't seen one of those silver fish yokes in about 20 years.

Armchair Andy

A dehumidifier might work. If you've got a large LED TV you could try placing it screen side against the wall plugged in and turned on. Would dry the plaster out faster.
Mute the volume as they can lip read anyway.

mom22

Beyondgone wrote: »

We need fire. Stop trivialising this emergency.

There seems to be more everyday

melloa

you could rent a bulldozer from roadstone for the weekend and knock the house

mom22

melloa wrote: »

ah youre talking about silverwings

Pest control said booklice

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly

melloa

mom22 wrote: »

Pest control said booklice

never heard of booklice, only bookworms,

Beyondgone

mom22 wrote: »

Pest control said booklice

They would. Rumour has it they're corrupt and secretly pray at night that the pest population increases. Then go out acting all innocent by day. My mate Andy says they actually feed the pests, to get more work.

Ken.

Mod-Op has found the right forum so locking this.