OK, I know I have an insect problem in my new addition, most likely from excessive water before I got the roof on. My question is: which insect?
Knowing which will help in contacting insect eradication firms…
The visible evidence is a pile of fluffy sawdust on the floor, next to the plate, with some evidence of sawdust on the stud above the pile. I have this in two, maybe three different spots, all places that experienced water pooling before the roof was on.
In addition, is it common for a remediation firm to just kill the bugs, or kill and fix the possibly damaged structure?
thanks,
-TJ
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carpenter ants or carpenter bees..my bet is ants, spray all the cracks with anything ya can get your mitts on..they don't eat the wood like termites, they just nest in it..eradicate ALL MOISTURE..they wont burrow in dry wood.
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Granule saw dust?
Termites...
Flake saw dust?
Borer insects...
Repair the damage...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming....
WOW!!! What a Ride!
re: Repair the damage...
Every intention of doing that, but the bugs have got to go, first.
When I was [much] younger, I was working for the Bear Mountain Parks Department in New York, on rewiring a scout campground that had been systemically vandalized for a while before being discovered. Everything in the place was half destroyed, requiring new windows, some butterboard siding repair, plus rewiring everything.
Unfortunately, this was during the summer at the peak of the gypsy moth caterpillar infestation. Crawly bug density on every tree, and virtually every horizontal surface was approximately 100-300/sq-ft.
Gypsy moth caterpillars crunch when they are eating. Multiply this several million times.
Ever since then, I've had rather an adversion to crawly bugs. Thus my need for remediation services. However, I don't want to call a termite service for ant work, nor vice-versa.
thanks,
-TJ
Split some thing open and have a look see...
Let the pros figure it out...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming.... WOW!!! What a Ride!
I get carpenter bees, and what I do is put the extension tip on my W-D40, insert as far into the entrance as it will go, and pump it full. I'm sure it kills whatever is in there, and probably makes it pretty un-attractive to the next bug, too.