Termites eat up brick homes.
By John Raml of Ex Pest Control (301 467 2300).
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This keeps the wood behind the brick moist all year. Termites and Carpenter ants like damp wood best. termites can now eat up your home year round because you keep them warm and moist all year round.
Warm damp walls allow termite damage to continue all year round.
The old tobacco barns are still standing all over Maryland and get no maintenance or attention. No one paints them or puts on a new roof they just stand there for years without termites attacking them. Every winter all the termites and carpenter ants must leave or they will die. In the spring, they find a new log to infest and they are happy.
A leaky roof will keep the moisture up in the entire home. Termites do not need wet wood or ground to live. They can inhabit a bathroom with leaky pipes or a roof with an leak and have no need for dirt.
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Termites can be extremely destructive to structures built out of wood. Houses Cement or brick foundation are at risk of having termites because a termite tunnel can cross over cement to wood framing. Termites attack wood that has high moisture content termites do not require contact with the ground.
Your attic is an unlikely place for termites but I have found that homes with Leakey roofs can have extensive damage in the attic. Get your Termite Inspection Maryland service for just $85 you can have the peace of mind and a professional termite inspection.
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Your home is warm all winter and unlike the Tabaco barns that are on brick a little above the ground your home is in the ground. Termites go back and forth bringing in moisture to your wood home in order to keep themselves from drying out.
Termite facts. The termites and the carpenter ants need moist wood to be happy. They do not need wet wood. They need just enough moisture to keep them from drying out. The carpenter ants like windowsills, plumbing pipes, and a little more moisture than the termites.
Termites bring moisture up from the ground into the wood and just by having large numbers of them they keep the aria of wood they want to live in moist. I am sure you have seen a termite mud tube in a picture. They do this so they do not dry out on their way across an open aria.
Old brick and wood homes that need paint become damp inside the walls and so make a perfect home for termites. The colony will end up being in the thousands of individuals all eating your wood floors and walls.
Seldom do I find termites in the center of a home. The center of your home is dry and there is more moisture along the outside walls. Most often, they are in the walls and floor near the exterior of a home. Carpenter ants love window frames because of the cracks and moisture around them. The termites like wood near the ground to eat and then move up the inside of walls.
During the daylight if the spring months you may begin to see winged termites in large numbers inside your home. You may see them in the soil outside. These are termite swarmer’s. The swarmer’s are on their way for a mating flight. The strongest males get the girls.
The termite swarmer’s pair up during their flight. The wings break off shortly after landing, and the new queen starts her new colony by digging a small chamber in soft soil. When the new home is large enough, they crawl inside and seal the opening to mate. From now on, they will spend the rest of their live underground.
The queen will lay six to twelve eggs within a few days or weeks of mating. At first they tend the young termites themselves. As the queen’s egg laying increases, the older offspring begin to tend their younger termites. The King and queen termites can live ten years or more and fill your home with thousands of hungry terminate offspring. Its time for your Maryland termite inspection. Your termite inspection Maryland service is just a call away.
By John Raml of Ex Pest Control (301 467 2300).
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