How Do You Tell If There Are Termites Infesting Your House?
I’m finding tiny black holes in the walls in my house. I poked into them with a toothpick, and they are only about a millimeter deep. I’m still concerned that these holes are being used by termites. Reason to fear or just ordinary cracks in the plaster/wall?
February 23rd, 2010 at 2:20 pm
Nearly all pest control companies give free inspections. Call several and have them check it out. Don’t sound like termites or carpenter ants either one to me.
February 23rd, 2010 at 3:01 pm
Are there any termite droppings around windows sills and doorways?
February 23rd, 2010 at 3:27 pm
Is there “sawdust” kind of stuff under the holes, like they’ve been dug out? If so, that might be carpenter ants.
I would have an exterminator check them out to be sure, because both termites and carpenter ants can do a lot of damage.
February 23rd, 2010 at 3:36 pm
If you feel like the aliens are attacking at night!
February 23rd, 2010 at 4:02 pm
OK, you can do a few simple tasks, to find out if you have termites. First around the areas that are suspicious to you just tap your finger around the area, if it sounds hollow you have something. Wait I’m not done. Second, go outside, and around the bottom of you house, around the base, where the wood meets the foundation, tap it with a hammers, or something like that, lightly though, if it sounds hollow, again you have something. Now last, you’ll need to crawl into your crawl space ( or if you have no crawl space into your basement ) look around on the inside of your foundation walls, if you see small little sawdust like tunnels leading up from the ground, then you have termites. These tunnels will look like gray or light brown, they will be around a moist or wet areas of your home. Since they about 90% water, they need a lot of water or moist areas. Some of your wood may look like tiny little snakes have crawled through the wood.
February 23rd, 2010 at 4:35 pm
When termites attack drywall they will leave a thin layer of dust on shelves, furniture, etc. They will also leave trails through the drywall, not holes.