Real estate blog entries tagged with carpenter ants by Steven L. Smith, Bellingham, Wa. Home Inspector (King of the House Home Inspection, Inc)

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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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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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