During the restoration work in the old town hall in Wijk bij Duurstede, it turned out that dozens of wooden beams were rotten. Harry Veenhuizen is the municipality’s construction consultant and points out the various defects. “The building has not been properly ventilated for years and then moisture penetrates the wood. When the rotten wood was demolished, the longhorn beetles jumped in all directions.”
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Old town hall in Wijk in worse condition than expected: ‘The longhorn beetles jumped in all directions’
