Dang... time to tent the house I'm afraid...
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Bite the bullet before the little buggers chew up your framing. Take a two day vacation somewhere nice and let the exterminators deal with it. The hard part is packing up all your food, plants and animals. Make sure that they seal up possible entry points so they don't come back.
Call a professional. They have access to chemicals and equipment that is much more effective that anything you can buy.
It may just be carpenter ants. Termites usually don't make noise, but the ants do. They are much easier to kill.
If it's subterranean termites, you don't tent to get rid if them, you flood the soil around the house with chemicals that gets carried back to the nest and kills them. The latest stuff doesn't smell bad, you don't have to leave.
Been through two rounds with the bastids in my previous house, it sucked. But it sucks more fixing the damage, so get it taken care of ASAP.
It may just be carpenter ants. Termites usually don't make noise, but the ants do. They are much easier to kill.
If it's subterranean termites, you don't tent to get rid if them, you flood the soil around the house with chemicals that gets carried back to the nest and kills them. The latest stuff doesn't smell bad, you don't have to leave.
Been through two rounds with the bastids in my previous house, it sucked. But it sucks more fixing the damage, so get it taken care of ASAP.
The chemical for sub-terrainian termites you can get- Termidor or Premise. Termidor is generally considered to be the better of the two, for longetivity. Premise is the generic form, and as such is considerably cheaper. The equipment (shovel, hammer drill) and expertise to use them is another matter. You could do some reading and decide if it's something you want to tackle.
-Spike
-Spike
Dude... call a pro. Terminex will come out for free and tell you what you have. Do it NOW. It's your house.
Like Capt. Jim said they don't tent for subterranean termites. They put a chemical barrier between your house and the nest. Any termites in the house will die without access to the soil and any in the nest won't cross the chemical. The can bait to poison the nest.
And yes looking for mud tubes is the easiest way to identify.
Kevin
And yes looking for mud tubes is the easiest way to identify.
Kevin
