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MrsFlatbread
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Termites? How would I know?
We get a swarm of ants with wings in the early spring...but then i never see anything every again. My husband just thinks they are ants. How would I know?
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Posted 5/14/10 11:40 AM  |
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bicosi
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Re: Termites? How would I know?
This sounds gross, but kill one and keep it in an envelope.
call up an exterminating company to get an estimate and show it to them and ask them what it is.
Termites and flying ants (which sounds like what you have) look VERY similar.
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| Posted 5/14/10 11:42 AM |
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MrsFlatbread
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Re: Termites? How would I know?
Posted by bicosi
This sounds gross, but kill one and keep it in an envelope.
call up an exterminating company to get an estimate and show it to them and ask them what it is.
Termites and flying ants (which sounds like what you have) look VERY similar.
but they wont come back until next year? What if they are termites? I do not want to wait that long!!! Can a company come in and tell if I have them?
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| Posted 5/14/10 11:46 AM |
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SusiBee
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Re: Termites? How would I know?
eta: Termites drop their wings then start to burrow into the wood of your house.
Message edited 5/14/2010 12:55:57 PM.
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| Posted 5/14/10 12:55 PM |
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Goldi0218
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Re: Termites? How would I know?
Id have someone come in. My sister's house was completely termite ridden and destroyed. Now her entire downstairs has to be redone. There is a reason why all houses are to have termite inspections when purchased. Our new home has isolated and treated damage and we made sure it did not spread before we signed on the dotted line.
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| Posted 5/14/10 1:14 PM |
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MrsFlatbread
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Re: Termites? How would I know?
Posted by Goldi0218
Id have someone come in. My sister's house was completely termite ridden and destroyed. Now her entire downstairs has to be redone. There is a reason why all houses are to have termite inspections when purchased. Our new home has isolated and treated damage and we made sure it did not spread before we signed on the dotted line.
but how did she know that it was ridden with termites?
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| Posted 5/14/10 1:20 PM |
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Serendipity
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Re: Termites? How would I know?
Posted by MrsFlatbread
Posted by Goldi0218
Id have someone come in. My sister's house was completely termite ridden and destroyed. Now her entire downstairs has to be redone. There is a reason why all houses are to have termite inspections when purchased. Our new home has isolated and treated damage and we made sure it did not spread before we signed on the dotted line.
but how did she know that it was ridden with termites?
thats what I want to know
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| Posted 5/14/10 2:54 PM |
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Goldi0218
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Re: Termites? How would I know?
She was having other work done and a contractor picked upon it. Now she has ZERO walls in her entire downstairs because they had tobe torn down and restored. She is lucky that her whole house did not collapse.
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| Posted 5/14/10 2:56 PM |
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MrsFlatbread
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Re: Termites? How would I know?
Posted by Goldi0218
She was having other work done and a contractor picked upon it. Now she has ZERO walls in her entire downstairs because they had tobe torn down and restored. She is lucky that her whole house did not collapse.
so its safe to say that if I had an adjacent room completely remodeled with no sign of termite damage, that my house will not be falling down in the near future?
I have surburban extirminating coming next saturday to take a look...I am freaking out right now!!!!
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| Posted 5/14/10 3:29 PM |
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hanna7636
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Re: Termites? How would I know?
I have suburban coming tomorrow. I have termite damage but see no active ones.
My SIL says they fly into her house through sliding back doors.
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| Posted 5/14/10 7:03 PM |
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scottf
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Re: Termites? How would I know?
we had an inspector look at our garage on the house we're buying which we knew had termite damage. he showed us what to look for . they make tunels in pieces of wood which looks like someone put a groove in it and theresrs usuallly sawdust on top
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| Posted 5/15/10 7:37 AM |
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Mrs213
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Re: Termites? How would I know?
Posted by MrsFlatbread
Posted by Goldi0218
She was having other work done and a contractor picked upon it. Now she has ZERO walls in her entire downstairs because they had tobe torn down and restored. She is lucky that her whole house did not collapse.
so its safe to say that if I had an adjacent room completely remodeled with no sign of termite damage, that my house will not be falling down in the near future?
I have surburban extirminating coming next saturday to take a look...I am freaking out right now!!!!
Do you have a basement? My dad had termite treatment 3 years in a row and even after the first 2 years they treated, on the third year he wound up having to put up a whole new wall in the living room. He is on a slab foundation so there was no way to tell the damage. If you have a basement I would go down there and look around for any signs of damage to the wood but definitely have someone come look
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| Posted 5/15/10 9:14 AM |
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MrsFlatbread
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Re: Termites? How would I know?
Posted by staceyums81
Do you have a basement? My dad had termite treatment 3 years in a row and even after the first 2 years they treated, on the third year he wound up having to put up a whole new wall in the living room. He is on a slab foundation so there was no way to tell the damage. If you have a basement I would go down there and look around for any signs of damage to the wood but definitely have someone come look
From what I can see from the wood planks in the basement, I see no obvious signs of damage. I will look in the garage this weekend. I have surburban coming next weekend.
we will be remodelng the room with where we saw the swarm as well as the basement by next year.
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| Posted 5/15/10 9:56 AM |
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Goldi0218
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Re: Termites? How would I know?
DEFINITELY check the basement.
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