I had a phone call from a termite company wanting to do an inspection of the house because they were going to be out in the area. Their company also was close by and they had done a lot of work with other home owners so knew the area and was aware of the problem with termites.
Well, of course we did not feel we had a problem. We didn't see anything or felt there was a problem. Dad felt it was just a way for the company to try and sell their service to make some money. We were under no obligation to use them as they just wanted to do the inspection for us for free, to see if we had a problem.
At first he didn't see anything but the first sign showed up in the garage, especially over the garage door. There is a 2/4 over the garage door that is real bad with termites. There had been markings, in the garage, that showed the garage had been treated for termites before. We were not aware of this!
On the side of our house, there is a couple of places. One place in particular is on the pitch of the roof. The guy does not have a tall enough ladder to get to the spot but he can tell from looking at it from the ground that it is not good. He said we needed a contractor to REPLACE some boards up that high. We have to use a contractor as there is a slope and it will require scaffolding to do the work.
The other termite damage can be treated by the termite company without using a tent. (Thank goodness) It would be difficult to use a tent anyway as our house attaches to another and the other neighbor would need theirs done too. That usually doesn't work out. OH! we also have a tree next to our house that is also full of termites that needs to be taken out. This is going to be something that the Homeowners Association will need to do so that is another process.
We figure we will wait on everything until after we finish our trips. The termites have been there this long they can continue to wait a few more weeks. They might like living a little longer too....
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Wow!! Sorry to hear about that, it is funny that it wasn't found when the did the home inspection when you purchased the house...
It probably was not looked at real close. Apparently the termite company that did the inspection was not a good company according to the person that did our inspection. He just gets houses through for escrow. It makes you worry if you want to buy another house around here.
wow - good luck guys! When you buy your next house maybe you should make sure there isn't a big tree by it, haha - remember the house in Lake Mary with the ants? Now your house with termites .... big trees = bugs, LOL.
Anyway, good luck. I hope it all goes smoothly.
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