Nickelsen Home Inspections, LLC - www.nickelsenhomeinspections.comInspection in Long Beach, WA a few years back revealed something very interesting... upon entry into the crawl space there was a fine dust, but it wasn't dust that appeared to have come from wood.  Looking up, all we could see was aluminum faced foam insulation.  While the inspection process typically doesn't "disturb insulation", as the Standards of Practice say, there was something that didn't seem right and our curiosity got the better of us.  We pulled back the facing to reveal thousands of Carpenter Ants which had decided to take up residence in the foam insulation.  

 

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  • Certified Master Inspector (CMI) with the Master Inspector Certification Board
  • The American Society of Home Inspectors - ASHI Certified Inspector and Member #246145
  • The National Association of Home Inspectors - NAHI Member
  • The International Association of Certified Home Inspectors - InterNACHI #0073170
  • IAC2 Certified Indoor Air Consultant - IAC2-01-0235
  • Vice President of theOregonChapter of InterNACHI
  • Founding Member of SWWAHI - TheSW WashingtonAssociation of Home Inspectors
  • OregonLicensed Home Inspection Firm CCB# 172294
  • OregonCertified Home Inspector OCHI# 1173
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  • Licensed and Certified StructuralPestInspector through the Washington State Department of Agriculture (71352)
  • Member of theWashingtonStatePestManagement Association
  • Passed the National Home Inspectors Examination
  • Second Generation Inspector
  • Annually Performing 450-550 Inspections/Thousands Performed in Career
  • Past Experience as a Contractor - All Phases of Residential Construction
  • Annually Maintaining Over 50 Hours of Continuing Education (twice the requirements of OR and WA)
  • Past Member of OAHI - TheOregonAssociation of Home Inspectors
  • Past Member of NWOCHI - The NWOregonAssociation of Certified Home Inspectors
  • Past Member of OREIA - TheOregonReal Estate Inspection Association
  • Specializations: Electronic Radon Measurement, Early 20th Century Properties, Early 1990's Properties, New Construction, Log Homes, Structural Pest Inspections (Termites/Carpenter Ants).
  • Advanced Skills: Oral and Written Communication, Advanced Reporting and Detailed Analysis.

 
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Ewww. Ewww, and again ewwww.  I'd worry if they'd ever be completely gone. Ant problems are no fun.
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Hi Justin,

How do you get rid of those types of ants?  I have a customer who has hired a company who sprays for them here in Florida and they still find their way in.

They also bite as he has told me.

This is in a concrete built home, not foam.  Any advise>

 
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Justin they sure do love foam insulation----pretty easy excavating
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