[DaleDivine]

Originally Posted by Pessemist

We live in Village of Belle Aire. I just had our porch epoxied and discovered that just one leg of a small table looks like it has been chewed. No other furniture touched. Any ideas? Have Not even seen a squirrel in the yard. Did see some rabbits awhile back. Trying to figure out animal that did this?

looks like a chain or rope was wrapped around it...

[grooms]

You said you had some epoxy work done. Could they have spilled epoxy on the wood?

[Patents111]

Looks like damage done here in Virginia by a ground hog

[Langwelld]

Looks like termites or carpenter ants. Contact a pesticide company for an opinion.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Pessemist

No. Dry. Outside but under roof. No water gets on it.

If it’s outside moisture gets in. Rain around here blows sideways sometimes and humidity alone will eventually dry rot it.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Petersweeney

Set up a motion camera and be done with it…

It might take decades to catch dry rot? some of us can’t wait that long….

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by Pessemist

We live in Village of Belle Aire. I just had our porch epoxied and discovered that just one leg of a small table looks like it has been chewed. No other furniture touched. Any ideas? Have Not even seen a squirrel in the yard. Did see some rabbits awhile back. Trying to figure out animal that did this?

It is hard to tell the size from the photo. I patterned stuff next to it, wallpaper, gift wrap seems to suggest it is small. "Just had the floor epoxied." In moving the furniture, it is possible the damage has been there for a long time and just went unnoticed. Was I to guess, it looks like dry rot to me. Water, plus a nitrogen source, fertilizer will quickly rot wood, particularly pine which is subject to rot. If. you take a needle, like a large sewing needle I will bet you will discover it is more rotten than what you see. It does not look strong enough to support a table. The leg probably needs to be remade or the table tossed.

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by Pessemist

We live in Village of Belle Aire. I just had our porch epoxied and discovered that just one leg of a small table looks like it has been chewed. No other furniture touched. Any ideas? Have Not even seen a squirrel in the yard. Did see some rabbits awhile back. Trying to figure out animal that did this?

It is hard to tell the size from the photo. I patterned stuff next to it, wallpaper, gift wrap seems to suggest it is small. "Just had the floor epoxied." In moving the furniture, it is possible the damage has been there for a long time and just went unnoticed. Was I to guess, it looks like dry rot to me. Water, plus a nitrogen source, fertilizer will quickly rot wood, particularly pine which is subject to rot. If. you take a needle, like a large sewing needle I will bet you will discover it is more rotten than what you see. It does not look strong enough to support a table. The leg probably needs to be remade or the table tossed.

[thevillages2013]

Originally Posted by grooms

You said you had some epoxy work done. Could they have spilled epoxy on the wood?

Seriously? And then sanded it off. Okey dokey

[thevillages2013]

Originally Posted by Pessemist

Wood is dry there with no evidence of any growth in the damaged area. This is furniture pressure treated and designed to be outside.

That is not pressure treated wood

[thevillages2013]

People , someone or something rubbed or chewed this “table leg”. Dry rot doesn’t just start falling apart with no abrasion and besides it is painted.

[Bridget Staunton]

Looks like dry rot, remembering our years when we had a wooden boat

[MandoMan]

Originally Posted by Pessemist

We live in Village of Belle Aire. I just had our porch epoxied and discovered that just one leg of a small table looks like it has been chewed. No other furniture touched. Any ideas? Have Not even seen a squirrel in the yard. Did see some rabbits awhile back. Trying to figure out animal that did this?

If you look at my blowup of your photo, you will see an opened tunnel and a hole. It looks like the chair leg was made with wood that was already partly rotting and perhaps infested, as with many dead trees—insect kills—cut in state and federal forests. If the wood was wet inside and then painted, the rot will increase, and that can draw insects, some of which only gnaw on already punk or rotted wood. I don’t think this is carpenter ants—too small. It might be termites. Another possibility is Powder Post Beetle, which may have been in the wood for years. Get rid of the chair, definitely, and possibly have your house checked for termites.

[Nell57]

I think MandoMan nailed it.
We ordered furniture from a large furniture store here a few years ago. Delivery was delayed several months.
The delivery person told me that the furniture came from China, and they had a truck arrive that was infested with bugs.
Sometimes the termites are internal and take a while to work their way out.

[Albany]

I'm so very sorry. Apparently my puppy, Teddy, has been visiting you.