carpenter ants: Conditions Conducive to Rot or Infestation - 08/20/11 08:40 PM
Some years back, in Washington state, the Washington State Department of Agriculture began using the term "conducive condition." It is not a term that, right out of the box, makes sense to people. However, it makes perfect sense once you get the point. A conducive condition is any concern or issue … (18 comments)
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carpenter ants: Conducive Conditions (King of the House) Bellingham Home Inspections - 05/12/11 11:30 PM
In part, because the Washington State Department of Agriculture regulates structural pest inspections, a term that inspectors in this state know "intimately" is Conducive Conditions. That is a term that has been used for years by the WSDA.
That is not a term that makes sense, just off the top of the … (6 comments)
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carpenter ants: I Captured The Bug Guy -- A Tale of Bellingham Home Inspection - 11/13/10 10:53 PM
Well, I captured the bug guy in my digital camera at least. I have been doing, the last few months, a number of videos that deal with wood destroying organisms including wood destroying insects. In those I have been missing something -- a photo of a state licensed applicator ready to do … (4 comments)
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carpenter ants: Bellingham Home Inspection (King of the House) -- Carpenter Ant Video - 09/08/10 11:37 AM
The first person to give me the idea of using any video in my work was Steven Graham from here at Active Rain. He is an SEO whiz. I gave it some thought and did my first piece. My goal is not so much to be a video whiz as to … (11 comments)
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carpenter ants: Carpenter Ant Damage - 12/14/09 08:53 PM
Today I had to take the state structural pest inspector's test. I last did that five years ago but my time was now. We call it renewal time.
One of the most common insects in this region is the carpenter ant. I went down with a friend and we were … (14 comments)
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carpenter ants: Bellingham Home Inspection (King of the House) -- A Very Pretty No No - 10/11/09 02:15 PM
Here in the northwest, homeowners love the look, so do the buyers. Buyers might like the plants around a house better than the house itself. I have decided that people love plants, vines and various flowers. They look great around the house -- bursts and bundles of color with a touch … (9 comments)
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carpenter ants: Ants Are Falling from the Sky - 06/20/09 09:50 AM
An observant realtor let me in a house the other day. She mentioned that, when she opened the front door, sawdust or shavings would always fall down from wood trim above the door. When I looked up, I saw the odd shape of the holes in the wood. These holes … (5 comments)
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carpenter ants: Carpenters With Bad Public Relations - 05/31/08 12:35 AM
This blog talks about work done by carpenters that would fit into the category of "unwelcome work." These carepenters are not human. They are insect carpenters -- the well-known and much feared ant known as the carpenter ant. The photos below are evidence of a significant carpenter ant infestation. This cottage was located in … (8 comments)
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carpenter ants: Bellingham Home Inspection (King of the House) -- The Care And Feeding Of Wood Destroying Organisms - 03/10/08 03:26 PM
As a working home inspector, and a Washington State licensed structural pest inspector, I find numerous wood destroying organisms sharing residences with the mortgage paying, tax paying homeowners. The various wood destroying organisms are not helping pay the mortgage or the taxes but they are having a significant impact on the … (0 comments)
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carpenter ants: Bellingham Home Inspection (King of the House): Carpenter Ant Infestation - 02/29/08 04:25 PM
I was up in Point Roberts, WA. Interesting place, trees all around and many vacation homes. Because of the wooded landscape, it is common to find carpenter ants. Carpenter ants often have nests in nearby trees or old stumps or even old wood below grade so if a person lives … (10 comments)
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carpenter ants: Bellingham Home Inspector (King of the House): Analysis Of An Invasion -- Carpenter Ants - 01/27/08 03:23 PM
A pest that we see often in the wooded Pacific Northwest is the carpenter ant. Carpenter ants are not all exactly the same size or color. In fact there are many different species but they get their name, as a group, because of the way the ants categorized as carpenter ants chew the wood … (3 comments)
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carpenter ants: Bellingham Home Inspection Photos (King of the House): Carpenter Ants - 12/09/07 12:08 AM
I went hunting in a crawl space the other day and made a rather dramatic find. If you look at the top photo, this is evidence that a competent structural pest inspector will be on the lookout for. That is classic carpenter ant frass. Look above the sill plate. Now, honestly, sometimes an inspector wonders … (5 comments)
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carpenter ants: Home Inspection Bellingham WA (King of the House Inc): Carpenter Ants - 08/22/07 04:20 PM
The state of Washington WSDA considers the carpenter ant to be the most "important" insect pest in the state. I kind of question the word "important" and think it might be better to just say the most "significant" insect pest. The carpenter ant is much misunderstood by the average person. For … (3 comments)
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carpenter ants: Bellingham Property Inspection (King of the House, Inc): Carpenter Ants and Wood Destroying Organisms - 07/25/07 08:53 AM
Those of us who are home inspectors get used to our own lingo. And the realtors who have been in the business for some time understand most of it. Today, I had a reminder, in speaking to a realtor, that all the technical words we inspectors think are common might not … (10 comments)
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carpenter ants: Bellingham WA home inspections (King of the House): Carpenter ants - 05/12/07 11:15 AM
The shavings, in the first photo below, are typical of what an inspector might see inside the home. And it is not caused by a lousy housekeeper. Although I suppose one could argue that a good housekeeper would keep a step ahead of the ants.
Carpenter ants are one of the … (1 comments)
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