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Most house built in the south are framed with wood framing: good-old soft #2 pine studs. Under normal conditions the wood studs will last your lifetime and mine combined.

But add water and their days are numbered. Wet, soft, and maybe even rotting wood is like an invitation to an all-you-can-eat buffet for the indigenous subterranean termite.

These little rascals can literally eat you out of house and home.

But where does the water come from?

Could be a small leak under the kitchen sink that you always meant to fix, but put a bucket there instead.

Could be a roof leak that hasn't made itself known in the ceiling, yet.

Could be wet earth at the perimeter foundation wall that seeps into your exterior brick wall.

What can you do?

Check back at tomorrow's blog for action steps to prevent this:

Tom Sinclair

About the House - Home Inspectors

(251) 990-3169

http://www.inspecttestanalyze.com/
 
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4 Comments on Wood + Water = Termites

Tom,

Like a Einstein Formula uh? :)  great blog !

 

03/28/2007 11:48 PM by Aurora Colorado Real Estate Ray Saenz, Colorado Realtor (United Property Brokers, INC)

The photo looked like a portion of my house up in the Pacific Northwest until I got in and repaired what I had to let a VA-approved contractor fix before I could move into my VA repo.  I also had to replace the roof installed by the VA approved roofing contractor because whenever the wind got over 90 MPH I had to replace about 500 sq. ft. of roofing.  Now the roof stays put in 100+ MPH winds and my plumbing is good.  I did the work myself.  Sorry for the diversion, but one thing lead to another in my thought process.  I didn't have termites, but I did have water ants.  Not quite as destructive.  

03/28/2007 11:54 PM by Roger Stensland (Brio Realty)

Now doesn't that photo just look yummy.  I had a bathroom like that.  Three kids + 10 years = new bathroom.  

03/29/2007 04:44 AM by Chris Elizabeth Griffith ~ Bonita Springs Fl Real Estate (Keller Williams Elite Realty, Bonita Springs, FL)

BluWood is your answer to this problem.  It is an American product and we just started to sell it in Canada.  Go to BluWood.com to see more.  Hope this helps you in the future.

06/07/2007 03:33 PM by Corrado

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