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On Apr 23, 6:42 pm, "Ernie Englehart" <eengleh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> If you saw them, it means you've got damage somewhere. You've done one thing,
the pest control, but you need to do another. Get a professional home
inspection. Get that entire area, inside and outside, underneath the home as
well, inspected. You've got some damage somewhere that's going to need to be
repaired. The pest control will take care of the termites for now. Get a
termite bond and have your home inspected every year. Chances are they will be
back.
Just because he has termites doesn't mean there is damage that must be
repaired. If termites are treated when they are first spotted, then
often there is no damage that is significant enough that it requires
repairing. In fact, to find the small amount of wood they have
damaged could require tearing apart a good bit of the house just to
get access. If a good inspection doesn't determine signigficant
damage, then all that needs to be done is treat the termites. And I
would definitely recommend having that done professionally. They
have the proper equipment, chemicals and experience and will offer a
maintenance program where for a small yearly fee, they will inspect
once a year and retreat for free if needed. Also, most states now
have disclosure laws, so when you go to sell the place someday, this
will likely have to be disclosed. I would rather be able to say that it
was done professionally by XYZ Co and be able to transfer the ongoing
guarantee, yearly program, etc.
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> "www" <w...@nospam.com> wrote in messagenews:f0j45v$7e1$1@news.nems.noaa.gov...
> > Hi,
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> > Yesterday, to my surprise, I saw hundreds of termites coming out the
> > hinge of the door. I could not believe my eyes. Hundreds of them coming
> > out in every second! I was almost panic. We bought this town house in
> > Northern Virginia 3 years ago. So far so good. No termites ever showed
> > up before.
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> > We sprayed to them some chemicals for killing ants, or mosquitoes. They
> > are killed right away.
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> > Today they are coming out again ...
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> > Right now, we are calling professional pest control companies and
> > shopping around. Beside that, I'm wondering if you could kindly give me
> > some advice.
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> > I carefully looked at the hinge of our door, the door of our house to
> > outside. I do not understand why termites come from underneath of it.
> > Does that mean the wood underneath the hinge has already been eaten by
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Re: termites suddently swarmed into in my house
