Carpenter Ants - Vancouver WA

Image Description: this picture was taken during a home inspection in Vancouver, WA.  What you are seeing is Carpenter Ants that have infested rigid foam insulation.  When in the crawl space, the inspector could not see any dead Carpenter Ants, or any blatant damage.  The only thing that inspector saw was fine dust, but it wasn't wood dust.  This lead the inspector to pull back a section of the foam insulation to find the Carpenter Ants.  What is interesting about this situation is that there were no signs anywhere that the Carpenter Ants had actually gone for the wood: they seemed quite happy with the insulation.

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Justin Nickelsen, Nickelsen Home Inspections, LLC

Vancouver, WA and Portland, OR

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Nickelsen Home Inspections, LLC

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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
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  • Vice President of theOregonChapter of InterNACHI
  • Founding Member of SWWAHI - TheSW WashingtonAssociation of Home Inspectors
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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.

 

4 Comments on Carpenter Ants Attack Foam Insulation

FEB
06
2009
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Justin,

That is a cool photo. I am into those wood destroying organisms and that is a great photo.
10:25pm • #1
FEB
07
2009
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Yeah, that is a good photo... still sort of hard to make out.  The aluminum was pulled back, which exposed the insulation (and the ants).  You can still see aluminum in the top left of the picture...

 

It wasn't too fun when I pulled it back and had Carpenter Ants spill all over me.  ;)
12:28am • #2
MAR
31
2009

Hey Justin,

Random thing is I was researching foam insulation to get done on my house and came across something you posted. You remember my house you inspected? Is foam insulation a good thing to get sprayed in the walls? My house is always freezing and the walls are actually cold to the touch.
Do you know anyone who is a professional that does this?

 

Thanks, Allison Cobb
Rileycobb@yahoo.com
allison
10:17am • #3
APR
13
2011

We have black, so small that I can barely see thwm.  Are these carpenter ants and how do I get rid of them.  I need some advice.
Deborah Beatty
10:31pm • #4


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