Termites and Your House

Although we in Delta don’t have a major termite issue, they still do exist here and will cause damage. Termites, like carpenter ants, are often referred to as a silent destructive force. Here is a list of some facts you may not have known about these creatures. Termites will feed on anything that contains wood or cellulose. They will go after your home, books, paintings, and furniture. The saying 24/7 may have come from these guys as they eat all day every day. They can consume an entire wooden door or window frame in about 20 days and take a house down in as little as a couple years. Termites prefer to be in dark and humid environment and this is why you don’t see them eating the surface of wood, they literally eat your house from the inside out. As they make their way through a house they can cause a floors or roof to collapse. Home insurance will rarely cover termite damage. And finally, termites can reduce the property value of a house by 25%.

gogreenpestcontrol.ca Ladner Tsawwassen Delta B.C. Randy Bilesky

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/termites-your-house-randy-bilesky/?published=t

http://www.delta-optimist.com/opinion/blogs/blog-termites-and-your-house-1.23113051

•